'Spirits' in the Bible
But they fell on their faces and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
It so happened when they were in high spirits, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may amuse us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars.
“The departed spirits trembleUnder the waters and their inhabitants.
Will You perform wonders for the dead?Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
“Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise;Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,And You have wiped out all remembrance of them.
Your dead will live;Their corpses will rise.You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,