God created man from the dust of the ground, formed him into an image of Himself and then breathed into the man He created the breath of life and at that moment in time man became a "living soul".
Ge 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.
Notice that man does not have a soul, he is a living soul, a human being. The term living soul applies to the whole man/woman which if they are alive means a breathing individual person. Take away the breath of life and man/woman becomes a dead soul - person.
Notice that fish and mammals that live in the sea are called souls:
Re 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
Notice: Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Here the soul is the body and spirit refers to the thought and intents of the heart, which are part of the whole person, being
Notice: 1 Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Adam was a living soul - being a living breathing person, and Jesus is now a life giving spirit - a glorified man seated next to his God and Father above the heavenlies. He is the one who give us the spirit that imparts spiritual life, resurrection life to those who are in his body, that make up the Israel of God, the congregation of God the called-out Assembly of God - Yehovah.
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