BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G5326
phantasma — ghost
φάντασμα, -τος, τό (φαντάζω), [in LXX: Job.20:8 A (חִזָּיוֹן), Isa.28:7 A, Wis.17:15 * ;] = φάσμα, an appearance, apparition (Æsch., al.): Mat.14:26, Mrk.6:49 (see DCG, i, 111b).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1478
ga.va — to die
1) to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die 1a) (Qal) to expire, die, be about to die
23 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H178
ov — medium
1) water skin bottle 2) necromancer 1b) necromancer, one who evokes the dead 1c) ghost, spirit of a dead one 1d) practice of necromancy 3) one that has a familiar spirit
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7496
ra.pah — shade
ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6850
tsa.phaph — to whisper
1) (Pilpel) to chirp, peep 1a) of birds 1b) of ghosts
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7100
ekkenoō — to empty out
to empty out, leave desolate , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἐκκενοῦν θυμὸν ἐς σχεδίαν γέροντος to pour out one's spirit into Charon's boat, i. e. give up the ghost, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); ἐκκ. ἰούς to shoot all one's arrows, [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;Pass. to be left desolate , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →An old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit. It is the translation of the Hebrew nephesh_ and the Greek _pneuma, both meaning “breath,” “life,” “spirit,” the “living principle” (Job 11:20; Jer. 15:9; Matt. 27:50; John 19:30). The expression “to give up the ghost” means to die (Lam. 1:19; Gen. 25:17; 35:29; 49:33; Job 3:11). (See HOLY GHOST.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
