King James Bible Dictionary

See Spirit; Immortality; Man, Spirit; Heaven, The Future Dwelling Place of the Righteous; Wicked, Punishment of
Spirit; Immortality; Man, Spirit; Heaven, The Future Dwelling Place of the Righteous; Wicked, Punishment of

SOUL, noun

1. The spiritual, rational and immortal substance in man, which distinguishes him from brutes; that part of man which enables him to think and reason, and which renders him a subject of moral government. The immortality of the soul is a fundamental article of the christian system. Such is the nature of the human soul that it must have a God, an object of supreme affection.

2. The understanding; the intellectual principle. The eyes of our soul then only begin to see, when our bodily eye are closing.

3. Vital principle. Thou son, of this great world both eye and soul

4. Spirit; essence; chief part; as charity, the soul of all the virtues. Emotion is the soul of eloquence.

5. Life; animation principle or part; as, an able commander is the soul of an army.

6. Internal power. There is some soul of goodness in things evil.

7. A human being; a person. There was no a soul present. In Paris there are more than seven hundred thousand souls. London, Westminster, Southwark and the suburbs, are said to contain twelve hundred thousand souls.

8. Animal life. To deliver their soil from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Psalms 33:7.

9. Active power. And heaven would fly before the driving soul

10. Spirit; courage; fire; grandeur of mind. That he wants caution he must needs confess, but not a soul to give our arms success.

11. Generosity; nobleness of mind; a colloquial use.

12. An intelligent being. Every soul in heav'n shall bend the knee.

13. Heart; affection. The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David. I Sam. 18.

14. In Scripture, appetite; as the full soul; the hungry soul Proverbs 27:7. Job 33:18.

15. A familiar compellation of a person, but often expressing some qualities of the mind; as alas, poor soul; he was a good soul

SOUL, verb transitive To endure with a soul [Not in use.]

SOUL, SOWL, verb intransitive To afford suitable sustenance. [Not in use.]

SOUL-BELL, noun The passing bell.

SOUL-DESTROY'ING, adjective Pernicious to the soul. Procrastination of repentance and faith is a soul-destroying evil.

SOUL-DISE'ASED, adjective Diseased in soul or mind. [Not in use.]

SOULED, adjective Furnished with a soul or mind; as Grecian chiefs largely souled [Little used.]

SOUL'LESS, adjective Without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless. Slave, soulless villain.

SOUL-SCOT, SOUL-SHOT, noun [soul and scot.] A funeral duty, or money paid by the Romanists in former times for a requiem for the soul.

SOUL-SELLING, adjective [soul and sell.] Selling persons; dealing in the purchase and sale of human beings.

SOUL-SCOT, SOUL-SHOT noun [soul and scot.] A funeral duty, or money paid by the Romanists in former times for a requiem for the soul.

SOUL-SICK, adjective [soul and sick.] Diseased in mind or soul; morally diseased.