Bible Study Does the Soul die?

[evechot]

Some persons have said that what makes man different from the animals is that man has a soul but the animals do not. However, Genesis 1:20 and 30 says that God created "living souls" to live in the waters, and that the animals have "life as a soul". In these verses some Bibles use the words "creatures" and "life" instead of "souls", but the marginal readings agree that the word "soul" is what appears in the "Original" language. Among the Bible references to animals as souls is Numbers 31:28. There it speaks of "one soul out of five hundred", of humankind and of the herd and of the asses and of the flock".
Since animals are souls. [remember that soul means fleshly bodies], when they die their souls die. As dsthe Bible says; "Every living soul died, yes, the things in the sea". [Rev. 16:3] What about human souls? As we have learned from Genesis 3:19 God created Adam from the dust, He did not exist before then. God did not create man "with" a soul. Man "is" a soul . So, as we would expect, when man dies, his soul dies too. Over and over again the Bible says that this is true. Never does the Bible say the soul is deathless or that it cannot die. [Psalms 22:29; Ezekiel 18:4 and 20 And if you turn to Joshua 10:28-39, you will find seven places where the soul is spoken of as being killed or destroyed.

When Jesus died on the cross, his soul [body] was put in the tomb awaiting the resurrection. And his spirit [life force] returned to his heavenly Father. Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:30

 

[Bick]

Hi evechot. I agree with your premise that because man is a living soul, when he dies, his soul dies too.

However, in studying how 'soul' is used in the Bible, I disagree that 'soul' means 'fleshly bodies'.

To me, 'soul' could be said to be the consciousness, the feelings, the desires, produced by the breath of life vitalizing the body.

The soul is related to the blood:
Gen. 9:3-6 "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you...but flesh with the life (soul) therof, which is the blood thereof, thou shalt not eat." Etc.

We can feel, see, hear, taste, enjoy, delight in, be sad, angry and all the things having to do with our senses, our conscience, our memory, because we are "soulish" beings.

As to Jesus death and subsequent resurrection, David in Psa. 16:10 prophesies that His soul would not be left in Sheol; this is quoted by Peter in Acts 2:27 "Thou will not leave my soul in Hades."
Actually, the KJV translates "Hades" as "hell" which causes all sorts of strange interpretations.

 

[Vic C.]

I'm shocked; only two posts. This is one the most heavily debated topic on this site.

 

[nadab]

The churches have long taught that the soul is immortal (immortality - Greek a·tha·na·si´a ), which literally means "deathlessness". However, when a close examination is made of the soul Scripturally, one finds that the soul can die, that it is not immortal. For example, at Isaiah 53:12, it says prophetically of Jesus: " Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death:"(King James Bible) In addition, Jesus said: "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". (Matt 10:28, King James Bible) Thus, what do these Scriptures identify ? That the soul can be destroyed or die.

At Acts 3:23, the apostle Peter said "that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from the people". Hence, again, the Scriptures provide evidence that the soul can die and is not indestructible or immortal. Many believe or have been taught that the soul is something separate from the body. However, at Jeremiah 2:34, God told the nation of Israel: "Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents." (King James Bible) Thus, the soul has blood. The meaning of the soul that has been taught over the course of centuries by the churches is not the same as that taught in the Bible. In the Journal of Biblical Literature (Vol. XVI, p. 30), Professor C. A. Briggs, as a result of detailed analysis of the use of the Hebrew word for soul - ne´phesh, observed: "Soul in English usage at the present time conveys usually a very different meaning from ne´phesh in Hebrew, and it is easy for the incautious reader to misinterpret."

At the creation of our forefather Adam, Genesis 2:7 says that God "breathed into his (Adam's ) nostrils the breath of life; and the man came to be a living soul." As Jeremiah 2:34 said that the soul has blood, Adam now became a "living soul" with blood flowing through his veins. Abraham was told by God concerning the covenant he made with him, that "the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant". (Gen 17:14, King James Bible ) Thus, the soul can live or it can die or be "cut off ". Abraham's nephew Lot, in responding to the angels warning to flee the city of Sodom, told them: "Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one? ) and my soul shall live". (Gen 19:20, King James Bible ) Hence, Lot was requesting of the angels to flee to a nearby city in order for his soul or him as person with life, to continue living.

And those of the nation of Israel that disregarded the Sabbath, were told: "Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. " (Exodus 31:14, King James Bible ) Likewise of the Passover, for God said that "the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people."(Numbers 9:13, King James Bible )

When the nation of Israel were traveling in the wilderness, after having left the land of Egypt, they complainingly said of the manna: "But now our soul has dried away : there is nothing at all , beside this manna, before our eyes". (Numbers 11:6, King James Bible ) At Leviticus 7:20, it says: "But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from among his people". (King James Bible ) And just before the nation of Israel entered the land of Canaan, Moses told the nation: "When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh : thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after". (Deut 12:20, King James Bible )

Therefore, the soul is a person with life, with all his desires, and longs to "eat flesh", can be "dried away", has blood and when someone dies, it can rightly be said that one's soul has died. For as Jesus said on the night before he died: "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death." (Matt 26:38, King James Bible ) Even animals are souls, for God told Moses concerning taxing the "booty of war: "And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out battle : one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep". (Numbers 31:28, King James Bible )

The Hebrew word for soul is ne´phesh, and in Greek, psy·khe´. The connotations that the English “soul†commonly carries in the minds of most persons are not in agreement with the meaning of the Hebrew and Greek words as used by the inspired Bible writers. Ne´phesh may be translated literally as “a breather,†that is, “a breathing creature,†either human or animal.

The Roman Catholic translation, The New American Bible, in its “Glossary of Biblical Theology Terms†(pp. 27, 28), says: “In the New Testament, to ‘save one’s soul’ (Mk 8:35) does not mean to save some ‘spiritual’ part of man, as opposed to his ‘body’ (in the Platonic sense) but the whole person with emphasis on the fact that the person is living, desiring, loving and willing, etc., in addition to being concrete and physical.â€Â-Edition published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, 1970.

Thus, the "soul" is anyone as a person, with all their desires, with blood flowing through their veins and is not immortal, but can die.

 

[n2thelight]

Yes the soul can die,if it does not put on immortality,meaning all who do not overcome will die the second death which is the death of the soul

Revelation 20:6 "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

Revelation 20:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

This "second death" is also the final death and the sinner's soul will be turned to ashes from within. Death and even the thought of death will be no more with us.

I Corinthins 15:54 "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

Revelation 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."

Once again we see those who will not have an inheritance in the new Jerusalem. They will be destroyed in the hell fire, prior to the coming of the new Jerusalem.

 

[cyberjosh]

I'm not really going to get into this discussion much (there have been many debates over this in the past) but it is clear that the Soul can indeed perish, and no I do not believe in annihilation. I believe the spirit is the eternal element, yet for the wicked their soul can be destroyed (Matthew 10:28).

So can it die/perish? Sure. Will it for everyone? No. Jesus came to "save souls", if we wish to be preserved, and not perish, and have everlesting life (rather than death) we need to run to Jesus for our salvation.

God Bless,

~Josh

 

[Vic C.]

Very good way of putting it, Josh. I think the Bible is pretty clear that man's spirit returns to God (eccl 12:7, etc) but not all spirits are reunited with their souls after the first death, at the "first resurrection".

Also, I agree that Jesus came to save souls; not sure if the Bible even suggests He came to save "spirits". We are given spirits, but we are souls. Josh, the more I study this subject, the more I realize the soul and spirit are distinctly separated, but uniquely (and Divinely) interconnected, for lack of a better way to describe it.

 

[cyberjosh]

Josh, the more I study this subject, the more I realize the soul and spirit are distinctly separated, but uniquely (and Divinely) interconnected, for lack of a better way to describe it.

I agree, there is most certainly a distinction (and that realization can also yeild good Bible studies). We are triune like God is, except that we are composed of body, soul, and spirit.

God Bless,

~Josh

 

[nadab]

For many, there is confusion of the Scriptural meanings of soul and spirit, with the churches having been guilty of distorting the Bible for centuries, teaching that the soul is immortal. Having learned that the soul is a person with all his desires, and not something separate from the body, would it not be prudent to gain further insight into what the words soul and spirit accurately means ?

For example, the word "spirit" comes from the Hebrew word ru´ach and the Greek pneu´ma, which comes from pne´o, meaning “breathe or blow". These have basic meaning of “breath†but have extended meanings beyond that basic sense. They can also mean wind; the vital force in living creatures; one’s spirit; spirit persons, including God and his angelic creatures; and God’s active force, or holy spirit. All these meanings have something in common: They all refer to that which is invisible to human sight and which gives evidence of force in motion. Such invisible force is capable of producing visible effects.

On the other hand, the soul is us a person, with our life, and is sometimes translated as "life" by some Bibles, such as at Matthew 16:25, in which the King James Bible renders it as: "For whosoever will save his life (Greek psy·khe´ ) shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life (Greek psy·khe´ ) for my sake shall find it." Yet at verse 26, it renders the Greek word psy·khe´ as "soul", saying: "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 ?"

At Ezekiel 18:4, it says that "all souls (Hebrew ne´phesh) are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die."(King James Bible) Thus, the soul does "die". When The Jewish Publication Society of America issued a new translation of the Torah, or first five books of the Bible, the editor-in-chief, H. M. Orlinsky of Hebrew Union College, stated that the word “soul†had been virtually eliminated from this translation because, “the Hebrew word in question here is ‘Nefesh.’†He added: “ The Bible does not say we have a soul. ‘Nefesh’ is the person himself, his need for food, the very blood in his veins, his being.â€Â-The New York Times, October 12, 1962.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the meanings popularly attached to the English word “soul†stem primarily, not from the Hebrew or Christian Greek Scriptures, commonly called the Old and New Testament, but from ancient Greek philosophy, actually pagan religious thought. Greek philosopher Plato, for example, quotes Socrates as saying: “The soul, . . . if it departs pure, dragging with it nothing of the body, . . . goes away into that which is like itself, into the invisible, divine, immortal, and wise, and when it arrives there it is happy, freed from error and folly and fear . . . and all the other human ills, and . . . lives in truth through all after time with the gods.â€Â-Phaedo, 80, D, E; 81, A.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia says: “Nepes [ne´phesh] is a term of far greater extension than our ‘soul,’ signifying life (Ex 21.23; Dt 19.21) and its various vital manifestations: breathing (Gn 35.18; Jb 41.13[21]), blood [Gn 9.4; Dt 12.23; Ps 140(141).8], desire (2 Sm 3.21; Prv 23.2). The soul in the O[ld] T[estament] means not a part of man, but the whole man-man as a living being. Similarly, in the N[ew] T[estament] it signifies human life: the life of an individual, conscious subject (Mt 2.20; 6.25; Lk 12.22-23; 14.26; Jn 10.11, 15, 17; 13.37).â€Â-1967, Vol. XIII, p. 467.

Thus, the "soul" is anyone as a person, with all their desires. Closely connected, the "spirit" of a person can be his life force, the very principal of life. The account of the creation of man states that God formed man from the dust of the ground and proceeded to “blow [form of na·phach´] into his nostrils the breath [form of nesha·mah´] of life, and the man came to be a living soul [ne´phesh].†(Ge 2:7) Ne´phesh may be translated literally as “a breather,†that is, “a breathing creature,†either human or animal. Nesha·mah´ is, in fact, used to mean “breathing thing [or creature]†and as such is used as a virtual synonym of ne´phesh, “soul", such as at Deuteronomy 20:16 and Joshua 11:11.

The record at Genesis 2:7 uses nesha·mah´ in describing God’s causing Adam’s body to have life so that the man became “a living soul.†Other texts, however, show that more was involved than simple breathing of air, that is, more than the mere introduction of air into the lungs and its expulsion therefrom. Thus, at Genesis 7:22, in describing the destruction of human and animal life outside the ark at the time of the Flood, we read: “Everything in which the breath [form of nesha·mah´] of the force [or, “spirit†(ru´ach)] of life was active in its nostrils, namely, all that were on the dry ground, died.†Nesha·mah´, “breath,†is thus directly associated or linked with ru´ach, which here describes the spirit, or life-force, that is active in all living creatures-human and animal souls.

Because breathing is so inseparably connected with life, nesha·mah´ and ru´ach are used in clear parallel in various texts. Job voiced his determination to avoid unrighteousness “while my breath [form of nesha·mah´] is yet whole within me, and the spirit [weru´ach] of God is in my nostrils.†(Job 27:3) Elihu said: “If that one’s spirit [form of ru´ach] and breath [form of nesha·mah´] he [God] gathers to himself, all flesh will expire [that is, “breathe outâ€Â] together, and earthling man himself will return to the very dust.†(Job 34:14, 15) Similarly, Psalm 104:29 says of earth’s creatures, human and animal: “If you [God]ake away their spirit (Hebrew form of ru´ach), they expire, and back to their dust they go.†At Isaiah 42:5, our Creator, Jehovah God is spoken of as “the One laying out the earth and its produce, the One giving breath [form of nesha·mah´] to the people on it, and spirit [weru´ach] to those walking in it.†The breath (nesha·mah´) sustains their existence; the spirit (ru´ach) energizes and is the life-force that enables man to be an animated creature, to move, walk, be actively alive.

 

[BFSmith764]

Some persons have said that what makes man different from the animals is that man has a soul but the animals do not. However, Genesis 1:20 and 30 says that God created "living souls" to live in the waters, and that the animals have "life as a soul". In these verses some Bibles use the words "creatures" and "life" instead of "souls", but the marginal readings agree that the word "soul" is what appears in the "Original" language. Among the Bible references to animals as souls is Numbers 31:28. There it speaks of "one soul out of five hundred", of humankind and of the herd and of the asses and of the flock".
Since animals are souls. [remember that soul means fleshly bodies], when they die their souls die. As dsthe Bible says; "Every living soul died, yes, the things in the sea". [Rev. 16:3] What about human souls? As we have learned from Genesis 3:19 God created Adam from the dust, He did not exist before then. God did not create man "with" a soul. Man "is" a soul . So, as we would expect, when man dies, his soul dies too. Over and over again the Bible says that this is true. Never does the Bible say the soul is deathless or that it cannot die. [Psalms 22:29; Ezekiel 18:4 and 20 And if you turn to Joshua 10:28-39, you will find seven places where the soul is spoken of as being killed or destroyed.

When Jesus died on the cross, his soul [body] was put in the tomb awaiting the resurrection. And his spirit [life force] returned to his heavenly Father. Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:30

The problem is in the translation from Greek or Hebrew into english. The translaters often used two different words form the Greek or Hebrew but use one english word to translate these words that means two different things.....hell is one of these english words.

Hebrew and Greek words that have been translated Hell but means different things in their original language.

Matthew 5:22 (ASV)
22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

Hell:
Greek Word: γέεννα
Transliteration: geenna
Phonetic Pronunciation: gheh'-en-nah

of Hebrew origin [<H1516> (gay') and <H2011> (Hinnom)]; valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figurative) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment :- hell.

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

2 Peter 2:4 (KJV)
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Hell:
Greek Word: ÄαÃÂÄαÃÂÃ΃
Transliteration: tartaroÃ…Â
Phonetic Pronunciation: tar-tar-o'-o

from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment :- cast down to hell.

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

2 Samuel 22:6 (KJV)
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Hell:
Hebrew Word: â€Âשְ×Â×Âוֹל‎
Transliteration: sheʾôl
Phonetic Pronunciation: sheh-ole'
Root: from <H7592>
Cross Reference: TWOT - 2303c

or she'ol, sheh-ole'; from <H7592> (sha'al); hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates :- grave, hell, pit.

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

Words that have been translated from Greek and Hebrew to Soul but means different things in their original language.

Genesis 2:7 (ASV)
7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Soul:
Hebrew Word: â€Âנֶפֶש×Â‎
Transliteration: nepesh
Phonetic Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Root: from <H5314>
Cross Reference: TWOT - 1395a

from <H5314> (naphash); properly a breathing creature, i.e. animal or (abstract) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) :- any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead (-ly), desire, × [dis-] contented, × fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

Matthew 10:28 (KJV)
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.

Revelation 6:9 (KJV)
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Soul:
Greek Word: ÈÅÇή
Transliteration: psychē
Phonetic Pronunciation: psoo-khay'

from <G5594> (psucho); breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstract or concrete (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from <G4151> (pneuma), which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from <G2222> (zoe), which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew <H5315> (nephesh), <H7307> (ruwach) and <H2416> (chay)) :- heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary


We should not read the Bible as if it’s a story book, but we should study the scriptures; looking into what the words that we are reading, and searching into what these words mean in their original language.

 

[Bick]

Some persons have said that what makes man different from the animals is that man has a soul but the animals do not. However, Genesis 1:20 and 30 says that God created "living souls" to live in the waters, and that the animals have "life as a soul". In these verses some Bibles use the words "creatures" and "life" instead of "souls", but the marginal readings agree that the word "soul" is what appears in the "Original" language. Among the Bible references to animals as souls is Numbers 31:28. There it speaks of "one soul out of five hundred", of humankind and of the herd and of the asses and of the flock".
Since animals are souls. [remember that soul means fleshly bodies], when they die their souls die. As dsthe Bible says; "Every living soul died, yes, the things in the sea". [Rev. 16:3] What about human souls? As we have learned from Genesis 3:19 God created Adam from the dust, He did not exist before then. God did not create man "with" a soul. Man "is" a soul . So, as we would expect, when man dies, his soul dies too. Over and over again the Bible says that this is true. Never does the Bible say the soul is deathless or that it cannot die. [Psalms 22:29; Ezekiel 18:4 and 20 And if you turn to Joshua 10:28-39, you will find seven places where the soul is spoken of as being killed or destroyed.

When Jesus died on the cross, his soul [body] was put in the tomb awaiting the resurrection. And his spirit [life force] returned to his heavenly Father. Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:30

MY COMMENT ON THE ABOVE: You know, BF, I would disagree that "soul" and "body" are equivalent. Matthew 27:57-61only speaks of Jesus body being prepared and placed in a new tomb.
After His resurrection, the angels said, "He is not here; he has risen, just as he said." NIV. So, Jesus died, and Jesus (the whole person) was resurrected, Matt. 28:6.
The interesting thing is, that "Soul" could be said to be the consciousness, the feelings, the desires, produced by the breath of life vitalizing the body; and as such, is not something tangible, like the body. So, when we die, the body returns to the dust from whence it came, the soul is said to disappear or "go to the unseen (sheol--Heb; hades--Greek), while the spirit returns to God who gave it. See Gen. 3:17-19; Psalm 16:10 and Acts 2:25-28; Zech. 12:1; Eccl. 12:7.

The problem is in the translation from Greek or Hebrew into english. The translaters often used two different words form the Greek or Hebrew but use one english word to translate these words that means two different things.....hell is one of these english words.

MY COMMENTS: TOO TRUE!

Hebrew and Greek words that have been translated Hell but means different things in their original language.

Matthew 5:22 (ASV)
22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

Hell:
Greek Word: γέεννα
Transliteration: geenna
Phonetic Pronunciation: gheh'-en-nah

of Hebrew origin [<H1516> (gay') and <H2011> (Hinnom)]; valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figurative) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment :- hell.

MY COMMENTS: STRONG'S IS CERTAINLY A RESPECTED DICTIONARY, BUT, IMO, THEY HAVE USED SOMEONE'S INTERPRETATION INSTEAD OF THE SCRIPTURES. I BELIEVE GEENNA WAS A LITERAL PLACE DURING OUR LORD'S EARTHLY MINISTRY, AND WILL BE AGAIN OUTSIDE THE RESTORED jERUSALEM IN THE MILLENNIUM. IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THE RUBBISH, THE OFFAL OF THE CITY WAS DUMPED AND KEPT BURNING TO DESTROY MUCH OF THE OFFAL AND HELP PURIFY THE AIR FROM THE STENCH. THE WORST KIND OF JUDGMENT WAS THE JUDGMENT OF GEENNA, WHERE THE CRIMINAL WOULD BE STONED TO DEATH AND HIS BODY CAST INTO GEENNA. SEE MATT. 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9, ETC.

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

2 Peter 2:4 (KJV)
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Hell:
Greek Word: ÄαÃÂÄαÃÂÃ΃
Transliteration: tartaroÃ…Â
Phonetic Pronunciation: tar-tar-o'-o

from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment :- cast down to hell.

MY COMMENTS: AGAIN, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH STRONG'S. "HADES" IS NOT IN THE VERSE AT ALL.
"TARTAROO" LITERALLY MEANS TO CAST DOWN TO TARTARUS. THE H.S. GUIDED PETER TO BORROW IT FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY WHERE IS WAS THE PLACE WHERE LESSOR GODS WERE KEPT WHEN THEY REBELLED AGAINST THE HIGHER GODS. IT WAS A PLACE OF DEEP, DARK CAVERNS. JUDE ALSO DESCRIBES THESE FALLEN ANGELS IN VERSE 6, "AND THE ANGELS WHICH KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE, BUT LEFT THEIR OWN HABITATION, HE HATH RESERVED IN [EVERLASTING] CHAINS UNDER DARKNESS UNTO THE JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT DAY."
THE ITALICS ARE THERE TO CALL ATTENTION THAT THEY COULD NOT BE EVERLASTING CHAINS, BECAUSE THE SINNING ANGELS ARE TO BE BROUGHT UP FOR JUDGMENT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE WORD IS "AIONIAN" IN GREEK, WHICH MEANS "AGE-LASTING" OR "AGE-DURING."

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

2 Samuel 22:6 (KJV)
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

MY COMMENTS: IF THIS WERE THE POPULAR VIEW OF 'HELL', THEN RIGHTEOUS DAVID WAS COMPASSED ABOUT (ENGULFED) BY THE FLAMES OF HELL.

Hell:
Hebrew Word: â€Âשְ×Â×Âוֹל‎
Transliteration: sheʾôl
Phonetic Pronunciation: sheh-ole'
Root: from <H7592>
Cross Reference: TWOT - 2303c

or she'ol, sheh-ole'; from <H7592> (sha'al); hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates :- grave, hell, pit.

MY COMMENTS: OBVIOUSLY, THE COMPILERS OF THE DICTIONARY BELIEVED THE DEAD WERE STILL ALIVE IN SOME FORM WHEN IN SHEOL (HADES).

â€â€Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary

Words that have been translated from Greek and Hebrew to Soul but means different things in their original language.

Genesis 2:7 (ASV)
7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Soul:
Hebrew Word: â€Âנֶפֶש×Â‎
Transliteration: nepesh
Phonetic Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Root: from <H5314>
Cross Reference: TWOT - 1395a

from <H5314> (naphash); properly a breathing creature, i.e. animal or (abstract) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) :- any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead (-ly), desire, × [dis-] contented, × fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

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Matthew 10:28 (KJV)
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.

Revelation 6:9 (KJV)
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:



Soul:
Greek Word: ÈÅÇή
Transliteration: psychē
Phonetic Pronunciation: psoo-khay'

from <G5594> (psucho); breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstract or concrete (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from <G4151> (pneuma), which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from <G2222> (zoe), which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew <H5315> (nephesh), <H7307> (ruwach) and <H2416> (chay)) :- heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

MY COMMENTS: LOOK HOW THE COMPILERS BELIEVE THE SOUL IS IMMORTAL. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NEVER DONE A WORD STUDY ON "SOUL".

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We should not read the Bible as if it’s a story book, but we should study the scriptures; looking into what the words that we are reading, and searching into what these words mean in their original language.

MY COMMENTS: WELL SAID.