The Word “Soul” In The Bible (In Hebrew “Nephesh”, In Greek “Psuche”) Means Primarily Life And All Creatures That Possess That Life Are Shown To Be Subject To Death.
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•“On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them – all the people [souls] who were in it” (Joshua 10:28).
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•“Then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, so that my soul [self, life] choses strangling and death rather than my body” (Job 7:14-15).
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•“His [man’s] flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones stick out which once were not seen. Yes, his soul draws near the pit, and his life to the executioners” (Job 33:21-22).
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•“Do not withhold correction from a child. For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. You shall beat him with a rod, and deliver his soul [life] from hell [grave, death]” (Proverbs 23: 13-14).
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•“But you have lovingly delivered my soul [life] from the pit of corruption, for you have cast all my sins behind your back” (Isaiah 38:17).
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•“Behold all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine; the soul [so souls or people die and perish] who sins shall die” (Ezekiel 18:4).
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•“And it shall come to pass that every soul [person] who will not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people” (Acts 3:23).
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•“Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul [life, person, human being] from death and cover a multitude of sins” (James 5:19-20).