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Nave Topical Bible
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American Church Dictionary
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American Tract Society
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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Ghost (2)
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sisters, Servants of the Holy Ghost of Perpetual a
• Sisters of the Holy Ghost
• Order of the Holy Ghost
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Ghost Dance
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Ghost, Holy
• Holy Ghost
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Holy Ghost, Blasphemy Against the
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Cock Lane Ghost
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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• Holy Ghost
• Orders of the Holy Ghost
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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GHOST . A ghost = Germ. Geist (the h has crept into the word through what Earle calls an Italian affectation of spelling) is a spirit. The word is also used in Old English of the breath, the soul or spirit of a living person, and even a dead body. In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] it occurs only in the phrase ‘give up or yield up the ghost’ and in the name ‘the Holy Ghost.’ Wherever in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] hagion ‘holy’ occurs with pneuma ‘spirit,’ the tr. [Note: translate or translation.] is ‘Holy Ghost’; but when pneuma occurs alone, it is always rendered ‘Spirit’ or ‘spirit,’ according as it is supposed to refer to God or to man. See Holy Spirit and Spirit.