Isn't spirit essentially the same as "breath"?
If man or animal stops breathing, don't they die?
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H5315&t=KJV
Strong's Number
H5315 matches the Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (
nephesh), which occurs 753 times in 683 verses in the Hebrew concordance
5315 nephesh neh'-fesh from
5314; properly, a breathing creature,
Genesis 1:
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath H5315 life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature H5315 that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature H5315 after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, H5315 I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Gen 2:
7 And 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. H5315
Take a look at the similarity of the events of the "valley of the bones" in Ezek 37 and the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11:11. They don't come alive unless they can breath again.
I just thought this was interesting:
Ezekiel 37:
3 Then said He unto me "Son of adam! can these bones live". And I said " my Lord Yahweh, thou knowest!
10 And I prophecy as He instructed and the spirit/breath is coming in them and they are living and are standing on their feet,
an army/host, great, exceedingly-exceedingly.
[Luke 2:34/Reve 11:11]
Reve 11:11
And after the three days and half-equal, a spirit/breath of life out of the God entered into them and they stand on their feet
and great fear falls upon the ones observing them.
On another note, what I found rather amazing is the similarity of Ezekiel 37:9 concerning the "breath" coming from the 4 winds and the Indian prayer below giving their interpretation to the great Spirit giving the breath of live from 4 directions.
http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/37-9.htm
Ezekiel 37:
9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'"
http://www.indians.org/welker/greatspi.htm
"Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, Whose Breath gives life to all the world. Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.
O Great Spirit of the North, who gives wings to the waters of the air and rolls the thick snowstorm before Thee,
O Great Spirit of the East, the land of the rising Sun, Who holds in Your right hand the years of our lives
O Great Spirit of the South, whose warm breath of compassion melts the ice that gathers round our hearts,
O Great Spirit of the West, the land of the setting Sun, with Your soaring mountains and free,
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