However, a closer look to the way in which the words soul and spirit are used in the Scriptures, reveals that it is not easy to pinpoint their exact meaning. 然而,仔细观察《圣经》中“魂”和“灵”这两个词的用法,就会发现,要确定它们的确切含义并不容易。 Sometimes the word ‘soul’ refers...
However, a closer look to the way in which the words soul and spirit are used in the Scriptures, reveals that it is not easy to pinpoint their exact meaning. 然而,仔细观察《圣经》中“魂”和“灵”这两个词的用法,就会发现,要确定它们的确切含义并不容易。 Sometimes the word ‘soul’ refers...
Over time, many modern translations of the Bible have opted for "Holy Spirit" to reflect contemporary language usage. In essence, there is no substantial difference in meaning between "Holy Spirit" and "Holy Ghost"; they both represent the same divine entity in Christian theology. The choice ...
The term "spirit" is used in many contexts: the soul of a dead person; the divine essence, or animating principle, within a living being; amagicalentity of some sort; or ademon, angel, or deity. The word comes from the Latinspirare,meaning to breathe. This idea may apply not only ...
本质;精髓;基本精神the typical or most important quality or mood of sth 真实意义real meaning 8. [u] 真实意义;实质the real or intended meaning or purpose of sth 灵魂soul 9. [c] 灵魂;鬼魂;幽灵the soul thought of as separate from the body and believed to live on after death; a ghost ...
The indication is that the spirit in man working through the brain and related sensory faculties produces personality, mind and will.• “In the Bible, the creative, animating power or divine influence of God.” The psalmist wrote: “You send forth Your Spirit, they are reated; and You ...
With the same spirit that its author writ. Pope. 10. Intent; real meaning; – opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a docu...
1.A religious rite considered a sacrament by most Christian groups, marked by the symbolic application of water to the head or immersion of the body into water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians. ...
In the opening words of Scripture, the Spirit or wind of God hovers over the creative void, brooding perhaps like a mother eagle (Gen 1:2); in the Bible’s closing lines, the Spirit and the bride—the church—offer an invitation to taste the water of life (Rev 22:17). Between the...
但以理书 7:15–16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 15“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was deeply distressed within me, and the visions in my mind terrified me.16I approached one of those who were standing by and asked him the true meaning of all this. So he let me know...