Do Animals Have Spirits or Souls?
Do Animals Have Spirits or Souls? An interesting question! Some people say animals have a spirit but not a soul, some say they have a soul but not a spirit. Men are made up of a body, a spirit, and a soul. Check out the verses below to see how animals also have a spirit and a soul. Animals Have a Spirit First, animals have a body. I don’t think anyone will try to prove that they don’t… But here’s a verse that specifically says animals have a spirit: Ecclesiastes 3:21 – “Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?” [spirit] – H7307 – translated as “spirit” and “breath”. Everything that has breath has spirit. In Strong’s Concordance, translation D says “spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)”. Compare this also with Genesis 1:2, “the Spirit of...