Holy Spirit

Etymology 1
From Late, , , an alteration of earlier , , (see ), equivalent to.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either from  God the Father alone or  from Him together with God the Son.
 * 2)  The spirit of God, especially the gifts of wisdom and prophecy.
 * 1)  The spirit of God, especially the gifts of wisdom and prophecy.

Usage notes
This expression has superseded the term Holy Ghost in many Christian denominations and Bible translations.

Synonyms

 * The, , , , ,
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 * The, ,
 * The, ,

Holonyms

 * The Godhead, The Trinity

Coordinate terms

 * , ; Jesus Christ, God the Son

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Heilige Gees
 * Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕇 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙, 𐕆𐔴𐔾 𐔱𐔼𐕀𐔰𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔶
 * Akan: Honhom Kronkron
 * Albanian: Shpirti i Shenjtë
 * Alemannic German: Heilige Geist
 * Amharic: መንፈስ ቅዱስ
 * Arabic: الرُّوح الْقُدْس
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܘܼܚܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ
 * Armenian: Սուրբ Հոգի
 * Asturian: Espíritu Santu
 * Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Ruh
 * Basque: Espiritu Santua
 * Belarusian: Святы́ Дух
 * Bengali: পবিত্র আত্মা ঈশ্বর
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: Свети Дух
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Святый Дух
 * Catalan: Esperit Sant
 * Chichewa: Mzimu Woyera
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 聖靈, 聖神
 * Hakka: 聖靈, 聖神
 * Hokkien: 聖神, 聖靈
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wuu: 聖神
 * Chuvash: Сӑваплӑ Хакал
 * Classical Nahuatl: Spiritu Santo
 * Corsican: Spiritu Santu
 * Czech: Duch Svatý
 * Danish: Helligånden
 * Dutch:
 * Dutch Low German: Heilige Geest
 * Esperanto: Sankta Spirito
 * Estonian: Püha Vaim
 * Faroese: Heilaga andan
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Frisian:
 * Saterland Frisian: Helige Jeest
 * West Frisian: Hillige Geast
 * Friulian: Spirtussant
 * Galician: Espírito Santo
 * Georgian: სულიწმინდა
 * German:
 * Greek:, Παράκλητος
 * Ancient: Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον
 * Haitian Creole: Sentespri
 * Hebrew: רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
 * Hindi: पवित्र आत्मा, पाक रूह
 * Hungarian:
 * Iban: Roh Kudus
 * Icelandic: Heilagur andi
 * Igbo: Mmuo Nso
 * Indonesian: Roh Kudus
 * Interlingua: Spirito Sancte
 * Irish: Spiorad Naomh, Naomhspiorad
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: Roh Kudus
 * Kazakh: Киелі Рух
 * Korean: 성신 (聖神), 성령 (聖靈), 주님
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: گیانێ پیرۆز, ڕۆحی پیرۆز
 * Northern Kurdish: Giyanê Pîroz
 * Kyrgyz: Касиеттүү Рух
 * Latin: Spīritus Sānctus
 * Latvian: Svētais Gars
 * Limburgish:
 * Lingala: Molímo Mosántu
 * Lithuanian: Šventoji Dvasia
 * Lombard: Spirit Sant
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: Свет Дух
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: Roh Kudus
 * Malayalam: പരിശുദ്ധാത്മാവ്
 * Maltese: Spirtu s-Santu, Ruħ il-Qodos
 * Manchu: ᡝᠨᡩᡠᡵᡳᠩᡤᡝ ᡝᠨᡩᡠᡵᡳ
 * Manx: Spyrryd Noo
 * Maranao: Rokol Kodos
 * Marathi: पवित्र आत्मा
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: Шнуй Шӱлыш
 * Western Mari: Святой Шӱлӹш
 * Mingrelian: შურწკონდა
 * Mongolian: Ариун Сүнс
 * Navajo: Níłchʼi Diyinii
 * Norman: Saint-Esprit
 * Northern Sami: Bassi Vuoigŋa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Den heilage ande, Heilaganden
 * Occitan: Sant Esperit
 * Gascon: Sent Esperit
 * Old English: Hāliġ Gāst
 * Old Georgian: სული
 * Oromo: Afuura Qulqulluu
 * Persian:, پاک روح, روح‌القدس
 * Piedmontese: Spirit Sant
 * Polish: Duch Boży,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: Ch'uya Ispiritu
 * Romanian: Duhul Sfânt, Spiritul Sfânt
 * Romansch: Sontg Spiert
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: Agaga Paia
 * Sango: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Spiorad Naomh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Све̑тӣ Ду̏х, Ду̏х Све̑тӣ
 * Roman: Svȇtī Dȕh, Dȕh Svȇtī
 * Shona: Mweya Mutsvene
 * Sicilian: Spìritu Santu, Spirdu Santu
 * Sindhi: روح القدس
 * Slovak: Duch Svätý
 * Slovene: Sveti Duh
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Swěty Duch
 * Upper Sorbian: Swjaty Duch
 * Spanish: Espíritu Santo
 * Sranan Tongo: Santa Yeye
 * Swahili: Roho Mtakatifu
 * Swedish: Helige Anden, Helige Ande
 * Tagalog: Espiritu Santo
 * Tahitian: Varua Maitai
 * Tamil:, , ஆவியானவர், தூயாவியார்
 * Thai: พระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์
 * Toquelauan: Agāga Paia
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Mukaddes Ruh
 * Ukrainian: Святи́й Дух
 * Urdu: روح القدس, پاک روح
 * Uyghur: مۇقەددەس رۇھ
 * Uzbek: Muqaddas Ruh
 * Vietnamese: Thánh Thần, Thánh Linh
 * Walloon: Sint Esprit
 * Waray Waray: Espiritu Santo
 * Welsh: Ysbryd Glân
 * Western Panjabi: روح القدس
 * Yiddish: רוח־הקודש
 * Zealandic: Heilige Geêst
 * Zulu: Umoya ongcwele

Etymology 2
A, a calque of the 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 senses above.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The spirit of God, especially in its inspiration of prophets and quickening of fetuses.
 * 2)  The archangel Gabriel.