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soul

Meaning of “soul”

Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:7

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Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 11:8 · retained source text

Three shepheards also I cut off in one moneth, and my soule loathed them, and their soule also abhorred mee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. was straitened for them.

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