same people say souls and other people say spirit and if you ask anyone nobody know the answer weird !! in my opinion i think it's the same .
2006-12-26 00:03:21 · 7 answers · asked by tenchu982 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it's the same semantically, different phonetically
2006-12-26 00:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by Osama bin Laden 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was originally written mainly in Hebrew and Greek. When writing about the soul, the Bible writers used the Hebrew word ne′phesh or the Greek word psy·khe′.When you examine the way “soul” or “souls” is used in the Bible, it becomes evident that this word basically refers to (1) people, (2) animals, or (3) the life that a person or an animal enjoys.
Genesis 2:7 says "...and the man came to be a living soul. " This suggests that man himself is soul, otherwise it would have been, Man was given a soul or man became to have a living soul....
Bible writers used the Hebrew word ru′ach or the Greek word pneu′ma when writing about the “spirit.” The Scriptures themselves indicate the meaning of those words. For instance, Psalm 104:29 states: “If you [Jehovah] take away their spirit [ru′ach], they expire, and back to their dust they go.” And James 2:26 notes that “the body without spirit [pneu′ma] is dead.” In these verses, then, “spirit” refers to that which gives life to a body. Without spirit, the body is dead. Therefore, in the Bible the word ru′ach is translated not only as “spirit” but also as “force,” or life-force. For example, concerning the Flood in Noah’s day, God said: “I am bringing the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to ruin all flesh in which the force [ru′ach] of life is active from under the heavens.” (Genesis 6:17; 7:15, 22) “Spirit” thus refers to an invisible force (the spark of life) that animates all living creatures.
The soul and the spirit are not the same. The body needs the spirit in much the same way as a radio needs electricity—in order to function. To illustrate this further, think of a portable radio. When you put batteries in a portable radio and turn it on, the electricity stored in the batteries brings the radio to life, so to speak. Without batteries, however, the radio is dead. So is another kind of radio when it is unplugged from an electric outlet. Similarly, the spirit is the force that brings our body to life. Also, like electricity, the spirit has no feeling and cannot think. It is an impersonal force. But without that spirit, or life-force, our bodies “expire, and back to their dust they go,” as the psalmist stated.
2006-12-26 08:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Gizelle K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible makes a clear distinction between soul and spirit. You see them first appear in Genesis chapter two. God forms Adam's body out of the dust, breaths into it a spirit, and the results is a living soul. (See Genesis 2:7)
What you have is a being with two different natures. One is designed to live in the physical world, the other in the spiritual world. One has contact with the natural and is bound by natural laws. The other has contact with the spiritual and is bound by spiritual laws.
In between the two is the soul. That is where the will, emotions and intellect dwell. It receives information from the physical through the body and the spiritual through the spirit. It is there that they are understood and acted upon. The soul is where the decisions are made.
When the soul joins with the body to fulfill what wants and needs of the body, the Bible calls that the flesh. When the soul joins with the spirit to fulfill the needs and wants of the spirit, the Bible calls that the heart. Two different natures designed to work in different realms.
Paul mentions them in 1Thessalonians 5:23 among other places. "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ".
Hebrews 4:12 is another key verse that talks about the two different natures. "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
It shows how with the Word of God, you can see what thinks in your life are coming from the soul (your own intellect) and what things from your spirit (which hears from God). You can separate what things are coming from just the need of your body, and what come from the fallen flesh (the joints and marrow). It also helps you discern what are your thoughts (with all the influences of society, circumstances, education, etc) and what are the intends of your own heart.
So while we often using the words soul and spirit as if they are time same, there is a difference between them. The Bible promises that is you read, study and act on it, it will help you to see and understand the difference between them.
2006-12-26 08:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The soul is the the spiritual part of a human being that is believed to continue to exist after the body dies. A spirit is a vital force that characterizes a living being as being alive.
2006-12-26 08:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by InfoDeficient=c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are right it's same
soul or spirit is actually an given authority and a power of attorney bestowed to some identity by almighty Allah, to take action.
This authority to take action is given to all living elements but human being have one step ahead of animals by having a responsible authority.
So Allah almighty shall ask us what, how we have taken our action by using his given authority.
Soul has power to hold the active factor of present time with us, in that it is only possible to take any action. We keep it from our birth to death.
Death means the soul is taken away and some one is not capable of staying in the present. So it becomes the part of past.
2006-12-26 08:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Ishfaq A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Soul is intellect and spirit is the part of man that never dies.
2006-12-26 09:22:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOUL IS WHOLE PERSON
At death spirit is life of soul, returns to God for resurrection of soul.
John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to
the Son to have life in himself;
John 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
because he is the Son of man.
John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming,
in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of damnation.
Dan.12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt
Eze.37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up
out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Eze.37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened
your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Eze.37:14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I
shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the
LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Isa.26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall
they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew
is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Eccl.3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men,
that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they
themselves are beasts.
Eccl.3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts;
even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other;
yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence
above a beast: for all is vanity.
Eccl.3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to
dust again.
Eccl.3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the
spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Job 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his
spirit and his breath;
Job 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again
unto dust.
pSM.146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man,
in whom there is no help.
pSM.146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
in that very day his thoughts perish.
pSM.104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:
thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
pSM.104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:
and thou renewest the face of the earth.
pSM.115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
pSM.115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
pSM.115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's:
but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
pSM.115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down
into silence.
pSM.49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over
them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave
from their dwelling.
Gen.3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:
for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
2006-12-26 08:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by jeni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋