What is the Holy Spirit?
What is the Holy Spirit?
Hebrew ruah, Greek pneuma)
And the LORD God formed man †of the edust of the ground, and fbreathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
2 And when athe day of Pentecost bwas fully come, they were all cwith one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came da sound from heaven eas of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of ffire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And gthey were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began hto speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance
2 And when athe day of Pentecost bwas fully come, they were all cwith one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came da sound from heaven eas of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of ffire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And gthey were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began hto speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance
Paraclete. Transliteration of a Greek word meaning “one who is called to someone’s aid” or “one who advocates another.” Thus the term may be used technically for a lawyer. More generally the word denotes one who acts in another’s behalf as a mediator, an intercessor, or a comforter