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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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Jonah 2:7
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jonah 2:7 · retained source text

When my soule fainted within mee, I remembred the LORD, and my prayer came in vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.

Micah 6:7
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 6:7 · retained source text

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rammes, or with tenne thousands of riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sinne of my soule?

1611 marginal noteHeb. belly.

Micah 7:1
WOE is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 7:1 · retained source text

¶ Woe is mee, for I am as when they haue gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eate: my soule desired the first ripe fruit.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the gatherings of summer.

Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:4 · retained source text

Behold, his soule which is lifted vp, is not vpright in him; but the iust shall liue by his faith.

1611 marginal noteIohn 3.36. rom.1.7. gal.3.11. heb.10.38.

Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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.

Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:28 · retained source text

And feare not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soule: but rather feare him which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 12.4.

Matthew 12:18
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 12:18 · retained source text

Behold, my seruant whom I haue chosen, my beloued in whom my soule is well pleased: I will put my spirit vpon him, and he shall shew iudgement to the Gentiles.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 42.1.

Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 16:26 · retained source text

For what is a man profited, if hee shal gaine the whole world, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue in exchange for his soule?

Matthew 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 22:37 · retained source text

Iesus sayd vnto him, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy minde.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 6.5. luke 10.27.

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