I just noticed the title and the op are two different things for this thread/subject.
And these two different things - or aspects - are revealed in the Scripture, regarding the meaning of life, death and resurrection:
And the Lord God formed man
of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living being. (Gen. 2:8)
when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit!’ ” Having said this, He
breathed His last. (Lk. 23:46)
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam
became a
life-giving spirit. (1 Cor. 15:44-45)
Now after the three-and-a-half days the
breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. (Rev. 11:11)
As you can see, life is the activation of body by the spirit - the breath of life, as it becomes a "living being"; death is the deactivation of the "living being", as the spirit departs from the body; resurrection is the reactivation of the "living being", as spirit reenters. The spirit can die as well, but death of the body is one thing, death of the spirit is another, since you acknowledge that these are two different things, don't conflate them.
