generally of physical
life (
Gen. 2:7;
Luke 16:25, etc.); also used figuratively (1) for
immortality (
Heb. 7:16); (2) conduct or manner of life (
Rom. 6:4); (3) spiritual life or
salvation (
John 3:16, 17, 18, 36); (4) eternal life (
Matt. 19:16, 17;
John 3:15); of
God and
Christ as the absolute source and cause of all life (
John 1:4; 5:26, 39; 11:25; 12:50).