Soul

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S By: James P. Boyd

The Hebrew ideal of man was threefold:

(1) The body, or material part. (2) The vital part, seat of sensations, passions. (3) The sentient, thinking, or spiritual part (Gen. 1:20; 2:7; Num. 16:22; 1 Thess. 5:23; Heb. 4:12).

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