Spirit and Breath

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Here we have a definite statement that distinguishes between the spirit and the breath of man.  The breath is simply that part of the human mechanism which helps to keep the body and soul together.  It is not the same as the inner man which is made up of soul and spirit.  There is infinitely more to the inner man than there is to breath.  Many things are said of both soul and spirit that could not be said of mere breath. Note how ridiculous the following passages would be if we substituted breath for spirit and soul in an effort to teach that the spirit and soul of man are nothing but breath, as some do:

  1. His breath and his breath (Job 34:14)
  2. His breath was troubled (Genesis 41:8)
  3. Woman has a familiar breath (Leviticus 20:27; 1 Samuel 28:7)
  4. Hardened his breath (Deut. 2:30)
  5. I am a woman of sorrowful breath (1 Samuel 1:15).
  6. Sad breath (1 Kings 21:5)
  7. Lying breath (1 Kings 22:21-24)
  8. Contrite breath (Psalm 34:18)
  9. Haughty breath (Proverbs 16:18)
  10. Humble breath (Proverbs 16:19)
  11. Wounded breath (Proverbs 18:14)
  12. Vexed breath (Eccles. 1:14)
  13. Erred in breath (Isaiah 29:24)
  14. Worship the Father in breath (John 4:23)
  15. Sadducees did not believe in breath (Acts 23:8-9)
  16. Renewed in the breath of your mind (Ephes. 4:23)
  17. Your whole breath and breath (1 Thes. 5:23)
  18. Dividing asunder breath and breath (Hebrews 4:12)
  19. Believe not every breath (1 John 4:1-6)
  20. His breath clave to Dinah (Genesis 34:3)
  21. Breath in hell (Psalm 16:10)
  22. Converting the breath (Psalm 19:7)
  23. Leanness of breath (Psalm 106:15)
  24. Afflict breath (Isaiah 58:5)
  25. Not able to kill breath (Matthew 10:28)
  26. Say to my breath, Breath you have much goods (Luke 12:19)
  27. Saw the breaths under the altar (Rev. 6:9-11)
  28. Saw the breaths of them that were beheaded (Rev. 20:4)

Finis J. Dake, Dake Topical Index, WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “Spirit and Breath”.

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