Bible Dictionary: Ghosts

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Topical Bible Verses

Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Ghost shall come on you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God.
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John 16:13
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
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Strong's Hebrew

7496. rapha -- shades, ghosts
... 7495, 7496. rapha. 7497 . shades, ghosts. Transliteration: rapha Phonetic
Spelling: (raw-faw') Short Definition: spirits. Word Origin ...
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330b. itti -- a mutterer
... a mutterer. Transliteration: itti Short Definition: dead. Word Origin from the same
as at Definition a mutterer NASB Word Usage ghosts of the dead (1). ...
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Library

Moreover, if Sorcerers Call Forth Ghosts, and Even Make what Seem ...
... Chapter XXIII. Moreover, if sorcerers call forth ghosts, and even make
what seem the souls of the� Moreover, if sorcerers call ...
/.../tertullian/apology/chapter xxiii moreover if sorcerers.htm

Terror by Night
... They fancied that the night was the time in which all ghastly and ugly phantoms
began to move; that it was peopled with ghosts, skeletons, demons, witches, who ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon xvi terror by night.htm

The Unclean Spirits.
... The spirits of departed mortals become demons when separated from their earthly
bodies;" and PLUTARCH, that "The demons of the Greeks were the ghosts and genii ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the unclean spirits.htm

On the Negative Spirit
... If we compare, let us say, the morality of the Divine Comedy with the morality of
Ibsen's Ghosts, we shall see all that modern ethics have really done. ...
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Three Youths Save Constantinople
... Station a few ghosts or angels at both, and the Palace will be saved.'.
Ghosts and angels indeed!' said Philip, pulling his hair. ...
/.../chapter xxxii three youths save.htm

The Torment of Fear
... Consider this; lest when you come to die the ghosts of all your sins should rise
up at your bedside, and torment you with fear"the ghosts of every cruel word ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxii the torment of.htm

Letter of Cyril to John, Bishop of Antioch, against Theodoret. ...
... He will be stoned not only by ghosts learned in divine law, but also by Nimrod,
Pharaoh and Sennacherib, or any other of God's enemies. But I am wasting words. ...
/.../theodoret/the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/clxxix letter of cyril to.htm

The Old Testament and Comparative Religion
... himself, and the animals by whom he was surrounded."[5] Besides this belief in animism,
the Babylonian religion shows evidences of a belief in ghosts that were ...
/.../eiselen/the christian view of the old testament/chapter v the old testament.htm

The Light of God
... Where are now all those unnatural superstitions"the monkish contempt for marriage
and social life, the ghosts and devils; the astrology, the magic, and other ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xii the light of.htm

The Relation of Christ to Prophecy, Continued.
... thinking it impiety to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and as much afraid
of separating between what is good and what is not as children are of ghosts ...
/.../the relation of christ to.htm

Thesaurus

Ghosts (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ghosts (3 Occurrences). Leviticus 19:31 Turn
ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the ...
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Spiritists (8 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 19:31 Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them
not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Ghostlike (1 Occurrence)

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Giah (1 Occurrence)

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Taste (46 Occurrences)
... de-ses' (rapha', plural repha'im, "ghosts," "shades," is translated by "dead,"
"dead body," and "deceased" in both the King James Version and the Revised ...
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Decease (2 Occurrences)
... de-ses' (rapha', plural repha'im, "ghosts," "shades," is translated by "dead,"
"dead body," and "deceased" in both the King James Version and the Revised ...
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Blue (51 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color
of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the ...
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Comparative
... have been propounded: (1) "Humanism," which is the revival of the ancient view of
Euhemeros (circa 400 BC) that all religion arose from fear of ghosts, and all ...
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Apocyphra
... de-ses' (rapha', plural repha'im, "ghosts," "shades," is translated by "dead,"
"dead body," and "deceased" in both the King James Version and the Revised ...
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Spiritual (42 Occurrences)
... His body possessed characteristics which differentiated it entirely from
the popular fancy of ghosts or apparitions (Luke 24:36-43). ...
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Bible Concordance

Ghosts (3 Occurrences)

Leviticus 19:31 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 20:6 And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living'should they seek unto the dead?
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Ghosts

Related Terms

Spiritists (8 Occurrences)

Ghostlike (1 Occurrence)

Giah (1 Occurrence)

Taste (46 Occurrences)

Decease (2 Occurrences)

Blue (51 Occurrences)

Comparative

Apocyphra

Spiritual (42 Occurrences)