Dict: easton - Ghost

Ghost @ an old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit. It is the translation of the Hebrew nephesh and the Greek pneuma, both meaning "breath," "life," "spirit," the "living principle" kjv@Job:11:20; kjv@Jeremiah:15:9; kjv@Matthew:27:50; kjv@John:19:30). The expression "to give up the ghost" means to die kjv@Lamentations:1:19; kjv@Genesis:25:17 kjv@Genesis:35:29 kjv@Genesis:49:33 ; kjv@Job:3:11). (
See HOLY GHOST.)