1Thessalonians 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


SPIRIT


HEBREW:  07307 ruwach{roo'-akh}
 from 07306; TWOT - 2131a; n f
 AV - Spirit or spirit 232, wind 92, breath 27, side 6, mind 5, blast 4, vain 2, air 1, anger 1, cool 
1, courage 1, misc 6; 378
 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 
1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly 
in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, 
anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) 
disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) 
spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's 
spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) 
sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat 
especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy 
Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 
1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and 
executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of 
life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

ARAMAIC:  07308 ruwach{roo'-akh}  (only occurs in Daniel)
 corresponding to 07307; TWOT - 2991a; n f
 AV - spirit 8, wind 2, mind 1; 11
 1) spirit, wind 1a) wind 1b) spirit 1b1) of man 1b2) seat of the mind

GREEK:  4151 pneuma{pnyoo'-mah}
 from 4154; TDNT - 6:332,876; n n
 AV - Spirit 111, Holy Ghost 89, Spirit (of God) 13, Spirit (of the Lord) 5, (My) Spirit 3, Spirit (of 
truth) 3, Spirit (of Christ) 2, human (spirit) 49, (evil) spirit 47, spirit (general) 26, spirit 8, (Jesus' 
own) spirit 6, (Jesus' own) ghost 2, misc 21; 385
 1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the 
Son 1a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the 
\\Holy\\ Spirit) 1b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the 
Spirit of \\Truth\\) 1c) never referred to as a depersonalised force 2) the spirit, i.e. the vital 
principal by which the body is animated 2a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human 
being feels, thinks, decides 2b) the soul 3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least 
all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting 3a) a 
life giving spirit 3b) a human soul that has left the body 3c) a spirit higher than man but lower 
than God, i.e. an angel 3c1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the 
bodies of men 3c2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to 
God, the divine nature of Christ 4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of 
any one 4a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc. 5) a movement of air 
(a gentle blast) 5a) of the wind, hence the wind itself 5b) breath of nostrils or mouth

SOUL

HEBREW: 05315 nephesh{neh'-fesh}
 from 05314; TWOT - 1395a;
 AV - soul 475, life 117, person 29, mind 15, heart 15, creature 9, body 8, himself 8, yourselves 6, 
dead 5, will 4, desire 4, man 3, themselves 3, any 3, appetite 2, misc 47; 753
 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that 
which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 
1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of 
the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of 
the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

(HEART)
HEBREW:  03824 lebab{lay-bawb'}
 from 03823; TWOT - 1071a; n m
 AV - heart 231, consider + 07760 5, mind 4, understanding 3, misc 9; 252
 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 
1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral 
character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of 
courage)

GREEK: 5590 psuche {psoo-khay'}
 from 5594; TDNT - 9:608,1342;
 AV - soul 58, life 40, mind 3, heart 1, heartily + 1537 1, not tr 2; 105
 1) breath 1a) the breath of life 1a1) the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in 
breathing 1a1a) of animals 1a12) of men 1b) life 1c) that in which there is life 1c1) a living 
being, a living soul 2) the soul 2a) the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our 
heart, soul etc.) 2b) the (human) soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids 
offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as 
a moral being designed for everlasting life 2c) the soul as an essence which differs from the body 
and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)

BODY

HEBREW:  01320 basar {baw-sawr'}
 from 01319; TWOT - 291a; n m
 AV - flesh 256, body 2, fatfleshed + 01277 2, leanfleshed + 01851 2, kin 2, leanfleshed + 07534 
1, mankind + 0376 1, myself 1, nakedness 1, skin 1; 269
 1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of 
generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against 
God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind

GREEK: 4983 soma {so'-mah}
 from 4982; TDNT - 7:1024,1140; n n
 AV - body 144, bodily 1, slave 1; 146
 1) the body both of men or animals 1a) a dead body or corpse 1b) the living body 1b1) of 
animals 2) the bodies of planets and of stars (heavenly bodies) 3) is used of a (large or small) 
number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical 
body 3a) so in the NT of the church 4) that which casts a shadow as distinguished from the 
shadow itself