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Selected Verse: Genesis 2:7 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 2:7 Strong Concordance And the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] man [0120] of the dust [06083] of [04480] the ground [0127], and breathed [05301] into his nostrils [0639] the breath [05397] of life [02416]; and man [0120] became a living [02416] soul [05315].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Here the sacred writer supplies a few more particulars about the first pair.

formed--had FORMED MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND. Science has proved that the substance of his flesh, sinews, and bones, consists of the very same elements as the soil which forms the crust of the earth and the limestone that lies embedded in its bowels. But from that mean material what an admirable structure has been reared in the human body (Psa 139:14).

the breath of life--literally, of lives, not only animal but spiritual life. If the body is so admirable, how much more the soul with all its varied faculties.

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life--not that the Creator literally performed this act, but respiration being the medium and sign of life, this phrase is used to show that man's life originated in a different way from his body--being implanted directly by God (Ecc 12:7), and hence in the new creation of the soul Christ breathed on His disciples (Joh 20:22).
 
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22 And [2532] when he had said [2036] this [5124], he breathed on [1720] them, and [2532] saith [3004] unto them [846], Receive ye [2983] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]:
7 Then shall the dust [06083] return [07725] to the earth [0776] as it was: and the spirit [07307] shall return [07725] unto God [0430] who gave [05414] it.
14 I will praise [03034] thee; for I am fearfully [03372] and wonderfully made [06395]: marvellous [06381] are thy works [04639]; and that my soul [05315] knoweth [03045] right well [03966].
2 Male [02145] and female [05347] created [01254] he them; and blessed [01288] them, and called [07121] their name [08034] Adam [0120], in the day [03117] when they were created [01254].
19 And out of the ground [0127] the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] every beast [02416] of the field [07704], and every fowl [05775] of the air [08064]; and brought [0935] them unto Adam [0120] to see [07200] what he would call [07121] them: and whatsoever Adam [0120] called [07121] every living [02416] creature [05315], that [01931] was the name thereof [08034].
30 And to every beast [02416] of the earth [0776], and to every fowl [05775] of the air [08064], and to every thing that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776], wherein there is life [02416] [05315], I have given every green [03418] herb [06212] for meat [0402]: and it was so.
24 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the earth [0776] bring forth [03318] the living [02416] creature [05315] after his kind [04327], cattle [0929], and creeping thing [07431], and beast [02416] of the earth [0776] after his kind [04327]: and it was so.
20 And God [0430] said [0559], Let the waters [04325] bring forth abundantly [08317] the moving creature [08318] that hath [05315] life [02416], and fowl [05775] that may fly [05774] above [05921] the earth [0776] in the open [06440] firmament [07549] of heaven [08064].
21 And God [0430] created [01254] great [01419] whales [08577], and every living [02416] creature [05315] that moveth [07430], which the waters [04325] brought forth abundantly [08317], after their kind [04327], and every winged [03671] fowl [05775] after his kind [04327]: and God [0430] saw [07200] that it was good [02896].
32 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] Lachish [03923] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], which took [03920] it on the second [08145] day [03117], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein, according to all that he had done [06213] to Libnah [03841].
30 And the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] it also, and the king [04428] thereof, into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478]; and he smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300] in it; but did [06213] unto the king [04428] thereof as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
28 And that day [03117] Joshua [03091] took [03920] Makkedah [04719], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and the king [04428] thereof he utterly destroyed [02763], them, and all the souls [05315] that were therein; he let [07604] none remain [08300]: and he did [06213] to the king [04428] of Makkedah [04719] as he did [06213] unto the king [04428] of Jericho [03405].
40 So Joshua [03091] smote [05221] all the country [0776] of the hills [02022], and of the south [05045], and of the vale [08219], and of the springs [0794], and all their kings [04428]: he left [07604] none remaining [08300], but utterly destroyed [02763] all that breathed [05397], as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680].
15 And they went in [0935] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], two [08147] and two [08147] of all flesh [01320], wherein [0834] is the breath [07307] of life [02416].
17 And, behold [02009], I [0589], even I, do bring [0935] a flood [03999] of waters [04325] upon the earth [0776], to destroy [07843] all flesh [01320], wherein is the breath [07307] of life [02416], from under [08478] heaven [08064]; and every thing [03605] that is in the earth [0776] shall die [01478].
4 The Spirit [07307] of God [0410] hath made [06213] me, and the breath [05397] of the Almighty [07706] hath given me life [02421].
8 But [0403] there is a spirit [07307] in man [0582]: and the inspiration [05397] of the Almighty [07706] giveth them understanding [0995].
5 Thus saith [0559] God [0410] the LORD [03068], he that created [01254] the heavens [08064], and stretched them out [05186]; he that spread forth [07554] the earth [0776], and that which cometh out [06631] of it; he that giveth [05414] breath [05397] unto the people [05971] upon it, and spirit [07307] to them that walk [01980] therein:
22 All in whose nostrils [0639] was the breath [05397] [07307] of life [02416], of all that was in the dry [02724] land, died [04191].
17 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that the son [01121] of the woman [0802], the mistress [01172] of the house [01004], fell sick [02470]; and his sickness [02483] was so [03966] sore [02389], that there was no breath [05397] left [03498] in him.
15 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] took [03947] the man [0120], and put him [03240] into the garden [01588] of Eden [05731] to dress [05647] it and to keep [08104] it.
9 And out [04480] of the ground [0127] made [06779] the LORD [03068] God [0430] to grow [06779] every tree [06086] that is pleasant [02530] to the sight [04758], and good [02896] for food [03978]; the tree [06086] of life [02416] also in the midst [08432] of the garden [01588], and the tree [06086] of knowledge [01847] of good [02896] and evil [07451].
8 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] planted [05193] a garden [01588] eastward [06924] in Eden [05731]; and there [08033] he put [07760] the man [0120] whom [0834] he had formed [03335].
7 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] man [0120] of the dust [06083] of [04480] the ground [0127], and breathed [05301] into his nostrils [0639] the breath [05397] of life [02416]; and man [0120] became a living [02416] soul [05315].