Holy Spirit

name

Etymology

From Late Middle English Holy Speryte, holy spiriet, holy spyryt, an alteration of earlier Middle English Holygost, Haliȝ Gast, holy goost (see Holy Ghost), equivalent to holy + Spirit.

inherited from Holy Speryte

Definitions

1
The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present…
The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from (Eastern Orthodoxy) God the Father alone or (Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.
- In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit is now the Spirit of Christ as it was once known by the title of the Spirit of God.
The spirit of God, especially the gifts of wisdom and prophecy.
The spirit of God who delivers messages to humanity in the form of Manifestations of God.
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1. The spirit of God, especially in its inspiration of prophets and quickening of fetuses.
2. The archangel Gabriel.

The neighborhood

synonymShekinahJewish: attribute of God
synonymThe SpiritJewish: attribute of God
synonymSpirit of GodJewish: attribute of God
synonymSpirit of the LordJewish: attribute of God

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