Spirit of Man* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

The innermost being of the human person, corresponding with the nature of God, which is Spirit. Some scholars think the spirit is the same as the soul; others see a distinction. As such, some believe in the tripartite (threefold) nature of a human (cf. 1 Thes 5:23), spirit, soul, and body, as against a bipartite (twofold) nature, material and immaterial.

Show passage in OET: TH1 5:23

OET-RV TH1 5:23

23 May the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your entire spirits, souls, and bodies be kept irreproachable at the returning of our master Yeshua Messiah.

OET-LV TH1 5:23

23 And himself the god of_ the _peace might _sanctify you _all complete, and complete of _you _all the spirit, and the soul, and the body, blamelessly at the coming of _the master of _us, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, might _have _kept.

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First Thessalonians 5:23 clearly speaks of a tripartite design for mankind. Other Scriptures see soul and spirit as the same. A clear case of the parallel (synonymous) use of soul and spirit (as in Jb 7:11; Is 26:9, etc.) is in Mary’s “Magnificat.” She says, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior” (Lk 1:47, nKJB). Rather than divide the two as “parts,” some have suggested that a human has a spirit and is a soul. Usually spirit indicates the vitalizing, energizing, empowering agent; it is that essence of the human being that corresponds with God’s nature and can commune with God, who is Spirit.

Show passage in OET: JOB 7:11

OET-RV JOB 7:11

⇔  11 So I won’t restrain my mouth—
⇔ I’ll speak in the distress of my spirit.
⇔ I will complain with the bitterness of my soul.

OET-LV JOB 7:11

11 Also I not I _will _restrain mouth _of_my I _will _speak in_the _distress _of my_breath/wind/spirit I _will _complain in_the _bitterness _of my _soul _of_my.

Show passage in OET: ISA 26:9

OET-RV ISA 26:9

9 From deep inside me, I have longed for you in the night—
⇔ my spirit within me earnestly waits for you,
⇔ because when people have your instructions,
⇔ the world’s inhabitants learns to discern what’s right.

OET-LV ISA 26:9

9 Self _of_my I_have _desired _you in_night also my_breath/wind/spirit in_my _inner _of_being I_will _seek _you _earnestly if/because just_as judgements _of_your are_to_earth righteousness the _inhabitants _of the_world they _learn.

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:47

OET-RV LUK 1:47

47 and my spirit is so happy about God, my saviour,

OET-LV LUK 1:47

47 and the spirit of _me exulted in the god, the saviour of _me.

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Those who are united to Christ experience spiritual union with him—his Spirit with their spirit. This is what Paul meant when he said, “He who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit” (1 Cor 6:17). Note that Paul does not say, “he who joins himself to the Spirit is one spirit”; he uses the word “Lord” as synonymous with “the Spirit.” Union with the Lord is a union of the human spirit with his Spirit. Since the day of regeneration, a believer’s human spirit is united to Christ’s Spirit. Look at John 3:6 (“that which is born of the Spirit is spirit”) and Romans 8:16 (“his Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God”). These scriptures show that one’s union with Christ is based upon the regeneration of one’s spirit by the divine Spirit.