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6721 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.4

… an "evil spirit," which is yet said to be "from Yahweh" ( 1 Samuel 16:14; 18:10; 19:9 ); and the fall of Ahab is said by Micaiah to be due to the "lying spirit" which enticed him …

6722 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.8

… of evil-doers: "Before a man does wrong he makes all manner of subtle excuses. But give heed lest you also suffer the same things as they for the evil-doers among …

6723 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Air.2

… of spirits, especially of evil spirits.

6724 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alexandria.10

… and spirit, good and evil, finite and infinite; it showed the depth of antagonism between the natural and spiritual, the real and ideal; it proclaimed the necessity …

6725 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).44

… boastful spirit, brought also inevitable evils in its train. Victory, as we know from the Assyrian monuments, meant plunder; for king after king recounts how …

6726 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amulet.2

… to evil spirits, etc., such as the evil eye, etc. But in the common usage it stands for an object worn on the body, generally hung from the neck, as a remedy or preservative …

6727 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.16

… called "spirits" ( Hebrews 1:14 ). Paul evidently referred to the ordered ranks of supra-mundane beings in a group of words that are found in various combinations …

6728 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.25

… ministering spirits engaged in the service of the saints. Peter also emphasizes the supremacy of our Lord over all angelic beings ( 1 Peter 3:22 ). The references …

6729 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.13

… an evil spirit--spirits of deceit. He gives details of his sin, which, resembling those given in the Book of Jubilees, differs in an apologetic direction. This …

6730 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.71

spirit of contemporary paganism; the faith in Christ the Saviour-God, which satisfied the widespread yearning for redemption from the powers of evil, in …

6731 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.31

… Gnostic spirit is revealed in the feeling for the preeminent worth of the spiritual man (6). The true nature of man is pure; the weakness and sin are the work of …

6732 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apollyon.8

… of evil forces represented as originating in the world of lost spirits and allowed to operate destructively in human life. They are pictured as locusts …

6733 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Asmodaeus.2

… the spirit-world were greatly influenced. It is now held to be the equivalent of the Persian Aeshma-Deva, the spirit of concupiscence. The spirit is at times …

6734 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Assurance.2

… Holy Spirit .... shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour." Paul unhesitatingly said, "I know" ( 2 Timothy 1:12 )--a word which, oft-repeated in 1 Jn, furnishes …

6735 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Assyria.29

… of evil spirits, and their majestic proportions were calculated to strike the observer with awe (compare the description of the four cherubim in Ezekiel …

6736 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astrology.23

… the spirits of the dead. "A charmer" (chobher chebher), is one who inflicts a spell by weaving magical knots. "A consulter with a familiar spirit" ('obh), denotes one …

6737 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Atonement.33

… and evil spirits. We ought at once to dismiss all merely quantitative and commercial conceptions of exchange of merit. There is no longer any question that …

6738 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Authority in Religion.105

His authority as a teacher is closely associated with His works, especially as these revealed His authority over that world of evil spirits whose influence was felt in the mental disorders that afflicted people ( Mark 1:27; Luke 4:36 ).

6739 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine).31

… Holy Spirit ( 1 Corinthians 12:13; Titus 3:5 ). All these blessings Scripture declares to be effects of baptism (Wirkung der Taufe, Riehm, Handworterb.). "Baptism is …

6740 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.18

… Holy Spirit to work faith in infants by baptism, than in adults by the preaching of the gospel. And infant faith, though it may baffle our attempts at exact definition …