Life

Life
life
חַי (chay)⁵⁰²
H2416

life
ζωή (zōē)¹³⁴
G2222

Life is the opposite of death. Whatever is alive is not dead; whatever is dead is not alive.

Life is the breath of God into His creation. Man is the union of “the dust of the ground” (body) and “the breath of life” (spirit), resulting in a “living soul” (body + spirit = soul). Thus, regarding man and animals, the word “life” is associated with the Hebrew and Greek words for “breath” (נֶפֶשׁ, nephesh[1]; ψυχή, psuchē[2]) throughout Scripture.

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 soul (Genesis 2:7).

Forming is Yahweh Elohim the human of soil from the ground, and He is blowing into his nostrils the breath of the living, and becoming is the human a living soul (Concordant).

For in Him we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17:28).

For in Him we are living and moving and are (Concordant).

For in Him we live and we are moved and we are (Dabhar).

See also: Death, Soul

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[1]H5315.
[2]G5590.

Death

Death
death
מָוֶת (mâveth)¹⁵⁵
H4194

death
θάνατος (thanatos)¹¹⁹
G2288

Death is the cessation of life. It is the opposite of life, and not life in some other form or place.

Man is the union of “the dust of the ground” (body) and “the breath of life” (spirit), resulting in a “living soul” (body + spirit = soul). Death is the reversal of this process. The removal of breath from the body results in death (body minus spirit = death). It is likened to “sleep.”

… lest I should sleep in death [מָוֶת (mâveth)] (Psalm 13:3, CLV).

… He said unto them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps” … Howbeit Jesus spoke of his death [θάνατος (thanatos)]: but they thought that He had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, “Lazarus is dead” (John 11:11-14).

See also: Life, Soul

Apostle

Apostle
Emissary
ἀπόστολος (apostolos)⁸¹
G652

“Apostle” is the transliteration of the Greek word apostolos, being a non-ecclesiastical word meaning “commissioner,” “delegate,” “messenger,” “envoy” or “emissary.”[1]

Apostolos is from apo, a preposition meaning “from” (indicating origin), and stellō, a verb meaning “to send”; thus meaning “to send from [another].”[2] Its verb form, apostellō, is defined as: to “set apart, that is (by implication), to send out (properly on a mission).”[3]

Apostolos refers to one commissioned with authority, i.e., an “emissary”[4] – a designated agent sent on a special diplomatic mission to represent and advance the interests of another.[5]

The Lord Jesus Christ is the emissary (“apostle”) of the Father (Hebrews 3:1; cf. John 20:21), Who in turn, during His earthly ministry, chose twelve of His “disciples” as His emissaries (“apostles;” cf. Matthew 10). Later, after His resurrection and ascension “up on high” “far above all Heavens” (Ephesians 4:8-13), He called Paul to be the principle emissary (“apostle”) to the nations (Romans 11:13),[6] with the accompanying “signs of an apostle” (II Corinthians 12:12). … the evangel of which I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations (II Timothy 1:11, CV).

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[1]Apostolos is defined as:

• One sent, messenger, ambassador, envoy. – A Critical Lexicon and Concordance (E.W. Bullinger)
• A delegate; specifically an ambassador … officially a commissioner. – Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
• A delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders. – Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon
• A messenger, ambassador, envoy. – Liddell–Scott–Jones Greek-English Lexicon
• – Concordant Keyword Concordance;
• One sent forth with a mission (or: an ambassador or emissary …). – Jonathan Mitchell New Testament

[2]An Analytical Analysis, Volume 1, “Apostle” (Charles H. Welch).

[3]Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.

[4]The Message.

[5]Emissary is defined as:

• One designated as the agent of another:  – Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• A person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative. – Oxford Dictionary
• An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another. – American Heritage Dictionary
• Someone who does a job for a government or a leader, especially someone who delivers a message for them. – Macmillian Dictionary

[6]Along with Barnabas (Acts 14:4, 14), Andronicus and Junias (Romans 16:7), Silvanus and Timothy (I Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6).