Breath of Life=Holy Spirit?

Brotherly Spirit said:

I've thought the same that the breath of life is the Holy Spirit. My thinking is the dust of the earth is barren and the breath of life is the essence of God. We're dead without him being of the earth, but being of him we're given life. Seems prophetic or metaphorical to baptism when man before was created being born a certain way, then after was changed being born again.

When Jesus was baptized he was submerged in the water as if he was in the womb again, and he reemerged out of the water with a deep breath signifying he's alive, this is when the Holy Spirit of God comes from above and enters him. (Also wasn't Jesus giving to Mary in the spirit, the Holy Spirit? So the life God gives is his Spirit?)

Considering the strong similarities between creation of man and baptism, I can't dismiss the idea that the breath of life is the spirit of God (the Holy Spirit). Not read the whole thread, but few posts on the first page; I don't understand with ease how people know certainly it's not. Why isn't the barren creation of man life before God and fullness of man life after? Isn't this God creating something from nothing, a lifeless man who was dust?

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Gen.7:21(ASV) And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:


22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.


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Genesis 7:22 ►
Text Analysis
Str Translit Hebrew English Morph
3605 [e] kōl כֹּ֡ל all Noun
834 [e] ’ă-šer אֲשֶׁר֩ that [had] Prt
5397 [e] niš-maṯ נִשְׁמַת־ the breath Noun
7307 [e] rū-aḥ ר֨וּחַ of the spirit Noun
2416 [e] ḥay-yîm חַיִּ֜ים of life Adj
639 [e] bə-’ap-pāw, בְּאַפָּ֗יו in the nostrils Noun
3605 [e] mik-kōl מִכֹּ֛ל of all Noun
834 [e] ’ă-šer אֲשֶׁ֥ר that [was] Prt
2724 [e]be-ḥā-rā-ḇāh בֶּחָֽרָבָ֖ה in the dry [land] Noun
4191 [e] mê-ṯū. מֵֽתוּ׃ died Verb




Is.59:20(ASV) And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.

21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.


Gal.3:16(NAS) Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.


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That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Gen.22:17.

One Son said:

Gen.7:21(ASV) And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:


22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.


breath of the spirit of life




Genesis 7:22 ►
Text Analysis
Str Translit Hebrew English Morph
3605 [e] kōl כֹּ֡ל all Noun
834 [e] ’ă-šer אֲשֶׁר֩ that [had] Prt
5397 [e] niš-maṯ נִשְׁמַת־ the breath Noun
7307 [e] rū-aḥ ר֨וּחַ of the spirit Noun
2416 [e] ḥay-yîm חַיִּ֜ים of life Adj
639 [e] bə-’ap-pāw, בְּאַפָּ֗יו in the nostrils Noun
3605 [e] mik-kōl מִכֹּ֛ל of all Noun
834 [e] ’ă-šer אֲשֶׁ֥ר that [was] Prt
2724 [e]be-ḥā-rā-ḇāh בֶּחָֽרָבָ֖ה in the dry [land] Noun
4191 [e] mê-ṯū. מֵֽתוּ׃ died Verb




Is.59:20(ASV) And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.

21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.


Gal.3:16(NAS) Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.


breath of the spirit of life
(Word) (Spirit) (Christ)








That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Gen.22:17.

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So breath is the word of God and life is Christ, meaning breath of life is word of Christ? It's by God's word the spirit is received and life is given? It's in the spirit we have both God's word and Christ's life (the Father and the Son are as one)? Is the breath of life the Gospel?

Seeing it lined up that way reminds me of the Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit. Except the Father is the Word, the Son is Christ, and the Holy Spirit is only Spirit.

Brotherly Spirit said:

So breath is the word of God and life is Christ, meaning breath of life is word of Christ? It's by God's word the spirit is received and life is given? It's in the spirit we have both God's word and Christ's life (the Father and the Son are as one)? Is the breath of life the Gospel?

Seeing it lined up that way reminds me of the Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit. Except the Father is the Word, the Son is Christ, and the Holy Spirit is only Spirit.

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Col.3:16(ASV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and'spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.