The question of the universe has always been: What is the Meaning of Life? Well I am going to answer that for you today.
To Understand what Life Really Means we will look at the definitions in English first then Hebrew/Greek using the Strong's Concordance.
What Does Life Mean in English?
Etymology of Life:
Old English life (dative lif) "animated corporeal existence; lifetime, period between birth and death; the history of an individual from birth to death, written account of a person's life; way of life (good or bad); condition of being a living thing, opposite of death; spiritual existence imparted by God, through Christ, to the believer," from Proto-Germanic *libam (source also of Old Norse lif "life, body," Old Frisian, Old Saxon lif "life, person, body," Dutch lijf "body," Old High German lib "life," German Leib"body"), properly "continuance, perseverance," from PIE root *leip- "to stick, adhere."
Definition of Animated
a : endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive animated creatures
b : full of movement and activity an animated crowd
c : full of vigor and spirit : lively an animated discussion
2: having the appearance of something alive an unusually animated piece of sculpture
3: made in the form of an animated cartoon an animated film
Definition of Corporeal
1: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
a : not spiritual
… some few traces of a diviner nature which look out through his corporeal baseness …
—Robert Browning
b : not immaterial or intangible : substantial
corporeal property
Definition of Immaterial
of no substantial consequence : unimportant
So as we see here life is defined as being animated and without a Spirit.
So Technically we are Dead!! And I can prove this...
In Hebrew and Greek the word Life means something else. Understanding the meaning of Life will help you see Scripture as it is meant to be seen; With the Life of Yahuah in it.
Hebrew word for Life:
Chai= THE WORD OF GOD
The verbal root of chay is chayah. Chayah is generally translated as living or quickened. As we have done with other terms, let's see how the Holy Spirit uses this term. The first occurrence, as it relates to humans, is in Genesis
Life-H2416- chay, khah'-ee; from H2421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively:— age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Biblical Outline of Usage H2416
living, alive
green (of vegetation)
flowing, fresh (of water) lively, active (of man) reviving (of the springtime)
Genesis 2:7
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life H2416; and man became a living soul.
Now read Genesis 2:7 like this: The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of The Word of God; and man became a living soul.
(Without The Word of God, we are dead. We are just a vessel upon this earth lost and miserable. Without The Word of Yah, we are not a living soul and we are under the Law of Sin and Death.)
Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life H2416.
**H2421-châyâh, khaw-yaw'; a primitive root (compare H2331, H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:—keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.
Genesis 45:7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives H2421 by a great deliverance.
Man's life came from the breath of God. What is the breath of God? It is the Word of God!! Psalm 33:6, John 6:63. Right from the beginning we see that our life comes from the Spirit of God, the Breath of God, the Words of God. Let's get some more detail.
Ezekiel 37:9-11
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live H2421.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Psalm 119:50
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened H2421 me.
Proverbs 3:1-2
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days and long life H2416, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Psalm119:24-32
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken H2421 thou me according to thy word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
The Greek word for Life
zoe- G2222-ζωήzōḗ, dzo-ay'; from G2198; life (literally or figuratively):—life(-time). Compare G5590.
Biblical Outline of Usage of G2222
Life the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate (Remember what animated means in the English Definition? back at the top of page) every living soul life of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic "logos" and to Christ in whom the "logos" put on human nature life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.
Logos: Noun means- the Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, identified in the Gospel of John
Acts 2:28
Thou hast made know to me the ways of life G2222; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
John14:6 I am the Way, the Truth, and the life G2222, no man comes to the Father, but by me.
(I am the Way, The Truth and The Word of God: no man comes to the Father, but by me)
It is very important to know what Life you are Living. I pray that you are Living According to The Word of God. Otherwise, you are just being an animated vessel without a Pure Spirit.
Ensure you know where you Soul is going.
When we are Living according To the Word of God : God's Spirit Lives Inside of us! He shines onto this world Through our Actions, Our Words, Our Prayers, and Our Attitudes. The way we Live Must Reflect the Nature of God. This is why we are told to Be a Light unto All the nations, so that by our Lives The Lord God is Shining Through us teaching others how to live and act. By living according to The Word of God we spread Life/The Word of Yah to others. We are told to:
Ephesians 4:23-24
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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