Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

  1. Spirit (Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thessalonians 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is distinguished ( Acts 7:59; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 6:20; 7:34), and the soul in its separate state ( Hebrews 12:23), and hence also an apparition ( Job 4:15; Luke 24:37 Luke 24:39), an angel ...

    • Ruwach

      Discover the original meaning of Ruwach (Aramaic) in the...

    • NAS

      Discover the original meaning of Psuche in the NAS Bible...

    • Person, Personhood

      The Greek word kardia [kardiva] in the New Testament also...

    • What Is A Spirit?
    • What Does The Bible Say About The Spirit?
    • Can The State of Our Spirit Change?
    • A Prayer to Love God with Your Whole Spirit

    When considering what it is that makes a human made in the image of God, the idea that God gave man a spirit – and defining that – is key. Everyone has a mind that allows them to think and reason. The heart helps people feel and connect. The Greek word for soul is psyche, which can also be translated as personality. The soul is the unique character...

    While there is no one passage in the Bible which defines what the spirit is, there are verses that discuss it. These verses include, but are not limited to:

    God’s spirit is perfect and unchanging; man’s spirit is influenced by sin, by struggles, by pain, and by situations. Throughout the Scriptures, the spirits of people are described in different states, often because it is constant battle with the flesh; “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the fle...

    Holy Father, Thank you for giving me life. I lift up my voice in praise for Your mighty hand and Your infinite creativity and wisdom. You gave me the breath of life, Your Spirit, and Your image. When I strayed away from You and sinned, You extended forgiveness and grace. You sent Jesus Christ to die in my place on the cross, to pay for my sins, so ...

    • John 4:24 ESV / 172 helpful votes. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
    • John 16:13 ESV / 150 helpful votes. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
    • John 6:63 ESV / 128 helpful votes. It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
    • Galatians 5:16 ESV / 119 helpful votes. But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  2. It can mean, among other things, a wind (Hosea 8:7), breath (Genesis 6:17) or mind (Genesis 26:35). The English word itself is recorded 244 times, with Isaiah utilizing it the most (37) followed by the prophet Ezekiel (26). The first recorded use of this word is in the Bible's second verse.

  3. Jul 27, 2016 · There are clues we can utilize. When Paul uses the definite article and says “the spirit,” it is usually the Spirit of God (unless he states otherwise as in “the spirit of fear”). If Paul is talking about the Holy Spirit in the verses before an instance of just “spirit,” he usually means the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 12:3-7).

  4. The original words are "ruach" and "pneuma". Spirit in the Bible is an unseen power that does things in the same way that wind is unseen, but it makes things move. The Bible uses the idea of an unseen power in several ways:. God's Spirit is the unseen power that sustains all life: Job 34 verses 14 - 15

  5. 86 Bible Verses about Word And Spirit Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

  6. People also ask

  1. People also search for