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ghost

Meaning of “ghost”

Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
109 occurrences108 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:8

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Luke 12:12
For the Holy ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:12 · retained source text

For the holy Ghost shal teach you in the same houre, what ye ought to say.

Luke 23:46
¶ And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
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1611 witness · Luke 23:46 · retained source text

¶ And when Iesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: And hauing said thus, he gaue vp the ghost.

1611 marginal notePsal. 31.6.

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Historical definitions

Spirit; hence, to give up the ghost is to die.

printed p. 268; PDF p. 288; Internet Archive leaf n287