Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

etc. (see Gen. 12:13; Lev. 11:43, 44; 19:8; Joshua
23:11; Ps. 3:2; Jer. 37:9; etc.). In more than 100 of
755 occurrences in the Old Testament the KJV
translates nephesh as 'life' (Gen. 9:4, 5; 1 Sam.
19:5; Job 2:4, 6; Ps. 31:13; etc.).
"Often nephesh refers to desires, appetites, or
passions (cf. Deuteronomy 23:24; Proverbs 23:2;
Ecclesiastes 6:7), and is sometimes translated
'appetite' (Prov. 23:2; Eccl. 6:7). It may refer to the
seat of the affections (Gen. 34:3; S. of Sol. 1:7;
etc.), and at times it represents the volitional part of
man, as when translated 'pleasure' (KJV) in
Deuteronomy 23:24; Psalm 105:22; Jeremiah
34:16. In Numbers 31:19 the nephesh is 'killed,'
and in Judges 16:30 (translated 'me') it dies. In
Numbers 5:2 ('the dead') and ch. 9:6 ('dead body')
it refers to a corpse (cf. Lev. 19:28; Num. 9:7, 10).
"The usage of the Greek word psuche in the
New Testament is similar to that of nephesh in the
Old Testament. It is used of animal life as well as
human life (Rev. 16:3). In the KJV it is translated
forty times simply as 'life' or 'lives' (see Matt. 2:20;
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