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(or
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,) (
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!
, 1632), “to pour out, shed,” is rendered “be spilled”
in Luke 5:37. See
POUR
,
SHED
.
Note:
Some texts have
in Mark 2:22 (so
KJV
). The form in Luke 5:37 might
also come from
.
SPIN
(
)
, 3514), “to spin,” is found in Matt. 6:28 and Luke 12:27, of the lilies of
the field (see
LILY
).¶
SPIRIT
$
(
, 4151) primarily denotes “the wind” (akin to
, “to breathe,
blow”); also “breath”; then, especially “the spirit,” which, like the wind, is invisible,
immaterial and powerful. The NT uses of the word may be analyzed approximately as
follows:
“(a) the wind, John 3:8 (where marg. is, perhaps, to be preferred); Heb. 1:7; cf. Amos
4:13, Sept.; (b) the breath, 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 11:11; 13:15; cf. Job 12:10, Sept.; (c) the
immaterial, invisible part of man, Luke 8:55; Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 5:5; Jas. 2:26; cf. Eccl.
12:7, Sept.; (d) the disembodied (or ‘unclothed,’ or ‘naked,’ 2 Cor. 5:3, 4) man, Luke
24:37, 39; Heb. 12:23; 1 Pet. 4:6; (e) the resurrection body, 1 Cor. 15:45; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1
Pet. 3:18; (f) the sentient element in man, that by which he perceives, reflects, feels,
desires, Matt. 5:3; 26:41; Mark 2:8; Luke 1:47, 80; Acts 17:16; 20:22; 1 Cor. 2:11; 5:3, 4;
14:4, 15; 2 Cor. 7:1; cf. Gen. 26:35; Isa. 26:9; Ezek. 13:3; Dan. 7:15; (g) purpose, aim, 2
Cor. 12:18; Phil. 1:27; Eph. 4:23; Rev. 19:10; cf. Ezra 1:5; Ps. 78:8; Dan. 5:12; (h) the
equivalent of the personal pronoun, used for emphasis and effect: 1st person, 1 Cor.
16:18; cf. Gen. 6:3; 2nd person, 2 Tim. 4:22; Philem. 25; cf. Ps. 139:7; 3rd person, 2 Cor.
7:13; cf. Isa. 40:13; (i) character, Luke 1:17; Rom. 1:4; cf. Num. 14:24; (j) moral
qualities and activities: bad, as of bondage, as of a slave, Rom. 8:15; cf. Isa. 61:3; stupor,
Rom. 11:8; cf. Isa. 29:10; timidity, 2 Tim. 1:7; cf. Josh. 5:1; good, as of adoption, i.e.,
liberty as of a son, Rom. 8:15; cf. Ps. 51:12; meekness, 1 Cor. 4:21; cf. Prov. 16:19; faith,
2 Cor. 4:13; quietness, 1 Pet. 3:4; cf. Prov. 14:29; (k) the Holy Spirit, e.g., Matt. 4:1 (see
below); Luke 4:18; (l) ‘the inward man’ (an expression used only of the believer, Rom.
7:22; 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 3:16); the new life, Rom. 8:4-6, 10, 16; Heb. 12:9; cf. Ps. 51:10;
(m) unclean spirits, demons, Matt. 8:16; Luke 4:33; 1 Pet. 3:19; cf. 1 Sam. 18:10; (n)
angels, Heb. 1:14; cf. Acts 12:15; (o) divine gift for service, 1 Cor. 14:12, 32; (p) by
metonymy, those who claim to be depositories of these gifts, 2 Thess. 2:2; 1 John 4:1-3;
(q) the significance, as contrasted with the form, of words, or of a rite, John 6:63; Rom.
2:29; 7:6; 2 Cor. 3:6; (r) a vision, Rev. 1:10; 4:2; 17:3; 21:10.”*
Notes:
(1) For
, rendered “spirit,” Matt. 14:26; Mark 6:49,
KJV
, see
APPARITION
. (2) For the distinction between “spirit” and “soul,” see under
SOUL
, last three
paragraphs.
B
-
The “Holy Spirit” is spoken of under various titles in the NT (“Spirit” and “Ghost”
are renderings of the same word,
$ ;
the advantage of the rendering “Spirit” is that
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
by Hogg and Vine, pp. 204, 205.