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Traditional Theological Language

Terms on Humans

In the case of terms in Greek or Hebrew, theologically define the cluster of terms—Greek, Hebrew, English—as though one term. One can use Romans, in these cases, as a definitional control context.
 
affections
cognition
death
desire
emotion
faculties of the soul
free will
guilt
imago dei
kardia (Grk) “heart,” leb (Heb) usually kardia in LXX
motive
nature
nous (Grk) “mind”
pneuma (Grk) “spirit,” ruach (Heb) primarily pneuma in LXX
sarx (Grk) “flesh,” basar (Heb) generally sarx in LXX
Paul’s “ethical use” of sarx
soma (Grk) “body”
psuche (Grk) “soul,” nephesh (Heb) generally psuche in LXX
will (volition)
 
views of the soul
dichotomist
trichotomist
 
origin of the soul
pre-existence
creation
traducian