The Holy Spirit is called: Spirit Wind Breath
The Holy Spirit depicted as a dove, surrounded by angels, by Giaquinto, 1750s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Most scholars take “spirit” in Isaiah 34:16 to mean breath, since it is parallel to “mouth.” Many today also find difficulty in rendering Genesis 1:2 as “Spirit.” The New English Bible , following some Jewish and most liberal scholars, reads, “The earth was without form and void, with darkness over the face of the abyss, and a mighty wind that swept over the surface of the waters,” possibly to keep the waters in check. Actually, the Hebrew word for spirit (ruach) like the Greek word (pneuma) can mean wind, breath, or spirit. It is used to represent a wide range of expressions in relation to nature, the life of animals and man, and God . Someone has figured up that there are at least thirty-three different shades of meaning that the word may have in different contexts.1 In Exodus 14:21, the word ruach is used of the strong east wind that kept blowing until the Israelites cou