Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Job 33:4) | 1 tn The verb תְּחַיֵּנִי (tekhayyeni) is the Piel imperfect of the verb “to live.” It can mean “gives me life,” but it can also mean “quickens me, enlivens me.” |
| (0.58) | (Luk 2:27) | 3 tn Grk “So in the Spirit” or “So by the Spirit,” but since it refers to the Spirit’s direction the expanded translation “directed by the Spirit” is used here. |
| (0.48) | (2Ti 1:7) | 1 tn Or “a spirit,” denoting the human personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4. But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent. |
| (0.48) | (Num 27:18) | 2 sn The word “spirit” probably refers to the Holy Spirit. This would likely be a permanent endowment for Joshua. But it is also possible to take it to refer to a proper spirit to do all the things required of such a leader (which ultimately is a gift from the Spirit of God). The Hebrew text simply says “in whom is a spirit.” |
| (0.47) | (Eze 37:8) | 3 tn Or “spirit.” |
| (0.47) | (Ecc 10:4) | 1 tn Heb “spirit.” |
| (0.47) | (Jdg 15:19) | 2 tn Heb “spirit.” |
| (0.46) | (1Sa 16:14) | 1 tn Or “an injurious spirit”; cf. NLT “a tormenting spirit.” The phrase need not refer to an evil, demonic spirit. The Hebrew word translated “evil” may refer to the character of the spirit or to its effect upon Saul. If the latter, another translation option might be “a mischief-making spirit.” |
| (0.46) | (Pro 16:19) | 1 tn Heb “low of spirit”; KJV “of an humble spirit.” This expression describes the person who is humble and submissive before the Lord and therefore inoffensive. It is always necessary to have a humble spirit, whether there is wealth or not. |
| (0.46) | (Rom 8:27) | 2 tn Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.46) | (Luk 12:10) | 2 tn Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.” |
| (0.46) | (Isa 19:3) | 1 tn Heb “and the spirit of Egypt will be laid waste in its midst.” |
| (0.42) | (Hag 2:5) | 1 sn My Spirit. It is theologically anachronistic to understand “Spirit” here in the NT sense as a reference to third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit; nevertheless during this postexilic period the conceptual groundwork was being laid for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit later revealed in the NT. |
| (0.40) | (Isa 42:5) | 3 tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar). |
| (0.40) | (Pro 12:25) | 2 tn Heb “bows it [= his heart] down.” Anxiety weighs heavily on the heart, causing depression. The spirit is brought low. |
| (0.40) | (1Ki 22:21) | 1 tn Heb “the spirit.” The significance of the article prefixed to רוּחַ (ruakh) is uncertain, but it could contain a clue as to this spirit’s identity, especially when interpreted in light of v. 24. It is certainly possible, and probably even likely, that the article is used in a generic or dramatic sense and should be translated, “a spirit.” In the latter case it would show that this spirit was vivid and definite in the mind of Micaiah the storyteller. However, if one insists that the article indicates a well-known or universally known spirit, the following context provides a likely referent. Verse 24 tells how Zedekiah slapped Micaiah in the face and then asked sarcastically, “Which way did the spirit from the Lord (רוּחַ־יְהוָה, [ruakh Yahweh], Heb “the spirit of the Lord”) go when he went from me to speak to you?” When the phrase “the spirit of the Lord” refers to the divine spirit (rather than the divine breath or mind, Isa 40:7, 13) elsewhere, the spirit energizes an individual or group for special tasks or moves one to prophesy. This raises the possibility that the deceiving spirit of vv. 20-23 is the same as the divine spirit mentioned by Zedekiah in v. 24. This would explain why the article is used on רוּחַ; he can be called “the spirit” because he is the well-known spirit who energizes the prophets. |
| (0.40) | (Act 5:16) | 2 sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 9:25) | 2 sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 7:25) | 1 sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit. |
| (0.40) | (Mar 5:2) | 3 sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit. |
