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Gender of the Holy Spirit?
Published 1 year, 5 months ago
Description
Does the Holy Spirit have a personal gender in the scriptures? Both ancient
Hebrew (language of the Old Testament) and koine Greek (language of the New
Testament) use grammatical gender when it comes to nouns. In the Hebrew
scriptures, the terms for “Spirit” are ruwach or ruah--are they masculine,
feminine, or neuter? What about the Greek term pneuma for "Spirit" in the
New Testament? ...