[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/spirit/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / spirit # spirit noun (a spirit, spirits; spirit, uncountable); verb (spirit away) «spirit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The part of a person that is their feelings and character, not their body; some believe it lives on after death. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m1) 2. A ghost or magical being. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m2) 3. Courage, energy and determination: team spirit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m3) 4. (plural) Your mood: in high spirits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m4) 5. Strong alcoholic drink such as whisky (spirits). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m5) 6. The real meaning of a rule: the spirit of the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m6) 7. (verb) «Spirit away» means take someone or something away secretly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m7) ### In the lessons In stories, spirits and ghosts; in PSHE and sport, team spirit and school spirit. In everyday life, «in good spirits» means happy. In science, white spirit or methylated spirits are liquids for cleaning. Phrases: team spirit, in high spirits, that's the spirit!, Christmas spirit. ### Examples - The team showed great spirit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x1) - Everyone was in high spirits after the win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x2) - The story was about a spirit in an old house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x3) - That's the spirit! Keep going! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x4) - We got into the Christmas spirit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x5) - The thief was spirited away in the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x6) - Spirits like whisky are strong alcohol. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x7) - It was not a spirit this time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x8) ### Note Countable for ghosts and drinks; uncountable for courage. Adjectives: spiritual (about beliefs), spirited (lively). «Spirits» about mood is always plural: in low spirits. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah, spirit often means breath, life, or a person's inner feeling. It can also mean a ghost or "familiar spirit." The prophets also speak of the spirit of the LORD, meaning God's own power and presence, which no one can measure. **Interpretation.** The Hebrew ruach means both spirit and wind or breath. Tradition teaches that God breathed life into humans, and it forbids asking spirits of the dead for guidance. Isaiah's question about measuring God's spirit is read as showing that God cannot be understood by people. ### Examples - And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah. (Torah GEN.26.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/#x1) - or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/#x2) - all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died. (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/#x3) - And whose spirit came forth from thee? (Writings JOB.26.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/#x4) - Is the spirit of the LORD straitened? (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/#x5) - Who hath meted out the spirit of the LORD? (Prophets ISA.40.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/#x6) ### Note Countable for ghosts and drinks; uncountable for courage. Adjectives: spiritual (about beliefs), spirited (lively). «Spirits» about mood is always plural: in low spirits. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «spirit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«spirit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spirit.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «spirit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spirit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«spirit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/spirit.html) on Mova free.