'Life' in the Bible

Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils;For why should he be esteemed?

It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.

“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

I said, “In the middle of my lifeI am to enter the gates of Sheol;I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”

“Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;As a weaver I rolled up my life.He cuts me off from the loom;From day until night You make an end of me.

“O Lord, by these things men live,And in all these is the life of my spirit;O restore me to health and let me live!

“The Lord will surely save me;So we will play my songs on stringed instrumentsAll the days of our life at the house of the Lord.”

“Since you are precious in My sight,Since you are honored and I love you,I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.