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6801 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Horseleach.2

… ), an evil spirit which seeks to injure men and which preys upon the dead. The mythical vampire is similar to the ghoul. In zoology the name "vampire" is applied …

6802 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hosea.43

… , a `spirit of whoredoms,' and is revealed in all the aspects of Israel's life, though particularly in three things: (1) the cult, which, though ostensibly service …

6804 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Inn.5

… . This evil repute of public inns, together with the Semitic spirit of hospitality, led the Jews and the early Christians to prefer to recommend the keeping …

6805 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Intercession.41

… generous spirit the leader of Israel intercedes with God for his nation. It was natural that this striking example of intercessory prayer should be followed …

6806 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jeremiah (2).17

… His Spirit communicated to the prophet. God rebukes him for these complaints, and demands of him to repent and to trust and obey Him ( Jeremiah 15:19 ). This discipline …

6807 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4a.46

… , the Spirit of God descended like a dove upon Him, and a voice from heaven declared: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" ( Matthew 3:16 - 17 ). It is needless …

6808 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4a.48

… own spirit also impelled. It is with a touch of similar motive that Buddhist legend makes Buddha to be tempted by the evil spirit Mara after he has attained …

6809 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c1.92

… the spirit of the law. With an absolute authority--"But I say unto you"--Jesus leads everything back from the outward letter to the state of the heart. Illustrations …

6810 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c1.101

… toward evil--with charity, with caution, with prayer, in the spirit of ever doing as one would be done by--and of being on his guard against it. The temptation is …

6811 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c1.124

… Holy Spirit. All other blasphemies--even that against the Son of Man ( Matthew 12:32 )--may be forgiven, for they may proceed from ignorance and misconception; but …

6812 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c2.24

… an evil spirit. Flinging herself at His feet, and addressing Him as "Son of David," she besought His mercy for her child. At first Jesus seemed--yet only seemed--to …

6813 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c2.47

… unclean spirit ( Mark 9:25 ). The first effect of Christ's approach had been to induce a violent paroxysm ( Mark 9:20 ); now the spirit terribly convulsed the frame …

6814 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joanna.2

… of evil spirits and infirmities" which "ministered unto him (King James Version, i.e. Jesus, or "them" the Revised Version (British and American), i.e. Jesus and His …

6815 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Job, Book of.54

… , the spirits who rejoiced over creation ( Job 38:7 ), are come together to render report, and Satan, uninvited, enters among them. He is a wandering spirit, unanchored …

6816 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.81

… is spirit; and true worship must be an intercourse of spirit with spirit, having relation to no local or material, but only to moral conditions. Thus the concept …

6817 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.111

… ); the Spirit convicts men of sin because they "believe not" on Him ( John 16:9 ). "Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin" ( John 8:34 ); but what reveals the …

6818 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joshua (3).4

… the spirit of evil who appears in later Jewish writings; he is only the officer of justice whose business is to see that the case against criminals is properly …

6819 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jude, the Epistle of.33

… the spirit and the doom of them that pervert the truth, that deny the Lord Jesus Christ, and that mock at the things of God. These all mark a fatal degeneracy, a …

6820 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lake of Fire.2

… for evil spirits. Of late it has been proposed to derive "the lake of fire" from "the stream of fire" which destroys the enemies of Ahura in the Zoroastrian eschatology …