Person
Holy Spirit
Also called Spirits, Comforter, Holy Ghost
Mentioned in 211 verses across 23 books, first in 1 Peter 1:2. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections), not counting Old Testament verses read as about them.
In the Bible
All 5 verses in 1 Peter, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- 1 Peter 1:11
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- 1 Peter 1:12
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
- 1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Identified with the Holy Spirit in Christian tradition
The Hebrew speaks of the spirit (rûaḥ) of God or of the LORD. Christian tradition identifies it with the Holy Spirit, a person of the Trinity; Jewish tradition reads it as God's own power or presence, not a separate person. These 35 verses are not counted above.
- Genesis 1:2
- Genesis 41:38
- Judges 3:10
- Judges 6:34
- Judges 11:29
- Judges 13:25
- Judges 14:6
- Judges 14:19
- Judges 15:14
- 1 Samuel 10:6
- 1 Samuel 10:10
- 1 Samuel 11:6
- 1 Samuel 16:13
- 1 Samuel 16:14
- 1 Samuel 19:20
- 1 Samuel 19:23
- 2 Samuel 23:2
- 1 Kings 18:12
- 1 Kings 22:24
- 2 Kings 2:16
- 2 Chronicles 15:1
- 2 Chronicles 18:23
- 2 Chronicles 20:14
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
- Job 33:4
- Psalms 51:11
- Isaiah 40:13
- Isaiah 48:16
- Isaiah 59:19
- Isaiah 61:1
- Isaiah 63:10
- Isaiah 63:11
- Isaiah 63:14
- Ezekiel 11:5
- Ezekiel 11:24
Events
Events the dataset lists Holy Spirit as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 4004 BCCreation of all things
- no dateThe Holy Spirit is promised
- no dateThe Holy Spirit comes
- c. AD 30Peter and John's Trial
- c. AD 30Believers pray for boldness
- c. AD 30Ananias and Sapphira lie to God
- c. AD 30Seven chosen to serve
- c. AD 31Philip preaches in Samaria
- c. AD 32Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch
- c. AD 32Saul is converted
- c. AD 38Saul proclaims Jesus
- c. AD 38Peter meets Cornelius
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
The third Person of the adorable Trinity.
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7-13; Rom. 8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Cor. 2:13; Heb. 2:4; 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21).
His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names of God are ascribed to him (Ex. 17:7; Ps. 95:7; comp. Heb. 3:7-11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to him, omnipresence (Ps. 139:7; Eph. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:13); omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom. 8:11); eternity (Heb. 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matt. 12:28; 1 Cor. 12:9-11). (4) Worship is required and ascribed to him (Isa. 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom. 9:1; Rev. 1:4; Matt. 28:19).