Breath of Life [ ζωή zōē ]

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"By the word of The LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath (Hebrew: ruach, i.e Spirit) of His mouth." (Psalm 33:6).

-- "For the word of God is living [zao], 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." -- Hebrews 4:12.

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Greek Septuagint translation of Genesis 2:7: 

καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. 

The words in English:

Breath of Life [zoe]:	"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed (spirit) into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life [zoe];
To live | To be alive [zao]:	and man became a living [zao] soul."

There are two things that mark human existence:

1. Life [zoe].

2. Living | being alive [zao].

The verses below tell us that the living [zao] God, who is THE FATHER, possesses life [zoe] in Himself. He created all things by and through His WORD and omnipresent SPIRIT who is THE BREATH OF LIFE [ZOE]:

1 Corinthians 8:6; 

John 5:26; 

Psalm 33:6; 

John 1:1-4; 

John 4:24; and 

Psalm 139:7-12.

A thorough New Testament search reveals that:

• Every New Testament verse using the word ζωή zōē is using the word in reference to life. 
• Every New Testament verse using the word ζάω zaō is using the word in reference to living | to being alive.
• In the New Testament eternal life is always called aionios zoe (life eternal). 
• The Greek texts of the New Testament never call eternal life zao aionios (alive forever)

- but due to an aspect of main-stream Christian theology taught in many churches, they have conflated zoe with zao in certain passages of scripture and replaced the word zao with the word zoe, changing the meaning of the passages.  

Breath of Life [zoe] (This page)	To live | to be Alive [ζάω zaō]
List of verses  (each verse quoted)	List of verses  (each verse quoted) THE LIVING [ZAO]  GOD
ζωή zōē is a noun, and refers to life as God has (possesses) it, and gives it. The word can refer either to  (a) Eternal life; OR  (b) To the life-time of the creature, for example:  "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life [zōḗ] (your life-time)? It is even a vapour, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away." (James 4:14).	ζάω zaō is a verb. "Zao" means to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead) (from Thayer's Greek Lexicon) "There is to us only one God: The Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him."  "In Him we live | are alive [zao], and move, and have our being; For we are also his offspring."  "There is to us only one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him." (1 Corinthians 8:6; Acts 17:28)

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