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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Breath of Life
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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• Spirit; Breath
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• ܢܦ݂ܰܚ
• ܢܰܦ݂ܫܳܐ
• ܪܽܘܚܳܐ
• ἐκπνέω
• ἐκψύχω
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• אַף , אַפַּיִם
• גָּוַע
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This word is sometimes made use of in Scripture in allusion to the Lord Jesus Christ. For as the breath of the body is the life of the body, so Christ is the breath or life of the soul. Hence, the prophet Jeremiah, in reference to Christ, saith, "the breath of our nostrils, the Anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits." (Lamentations 4:20) And hence, when the Lord Jesus, after his resurrection, imparted to his disciples the gracious influences of his Spirit, it is said, that "he breathed on them, and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." (John 20:22)