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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Ghost

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

109exact KJV occurrences 11Old Testament 98New Testament 20books containing the word 6mapped Strong's IDs 109occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Jude 1:20

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where ghost appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 44 verses Job 55 verses Jeremiah 11 verses Lamentations 11 verses Matthew 77 verses Mark 66 verses Luke 1212 verses John 55 verses Acts 4544 verses Romans 55 verses 1 Corinthians 33 verses 2 Corinthians 22 verses 1 Thessalonians 22 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses Titus 11 verses Hebrews 55 verses 1 Peter 11 verses 2 Peter 11 verses 1 John 11 verses Jude 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG4151
πνεῦμα

pneûma · pnyoo'-mah

90 times translated as this KJV form441 total Strong's occurrences

a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit

Strong's KJV usage: :--ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 1:18Strong's last: Jude 1:20

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GreekG1606
ἐκπνέω

ekpnéō · ek-pneh'-o

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

to expire

Strong's KJV usage: :--give up the ghost.

Strong's first: Mark 15:37Strong's last: Luke 23:46

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GreekG1634
ἐκψύχω

ekpsýchō · ek-psoo'-kho

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

to expire

Strong's KJV usage: :--give (yield) up the ghost.

Strong's first: Acts 5:5Strong's last: Acts 12:23

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HebrewH5315
נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh · neh'-fesh

2 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 11:20Strong's last: Jeremiah 15:9

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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12 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Luke 1:15
G4151

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 1:35
G4151

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:41
G40

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

Luke 1:67
G4151

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

Luke 2:25
G4151

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Luke 2:26
G4151

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Luke 3:16
G4151

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

Luke 3:22
G4151

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Luke 4:1
G4151

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Luke 12:10
G4151

And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

Luke 12:12
G4151

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

Luke 23:46
G1606

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

ghost

GHOST, noun [See Ghastly.]

1. Spirit; the soul of man.

In this sense seldom used. But hence,

2. The soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; an apparition.

The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose.

To give up the ghost is to die; to yield up the breath or spirit; to expire.

The Holy ghost is the third person in the adorable Trinity.

GHOST, verb intransitive To die; to expire.

GHOST, verb transitive To haunt with an apparition.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.