Ghost
φάντασμαStrong’s G5326phantasma
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phantasma is the Greek word usually translated “ghost”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ghost”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a ghost 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
φάντασμα phantasma · ghost
φάντασμα, -τος, τό (φαντάζω), [in LXX: Job.20:8 A (חִזָּיוֹן), Isa.28:7 A, Wis.17:15 * ;] = φάσμα, an appearance, apparition (Æsch., al.): Mat.14:26, Mrk.6:49 (see DCG, i, 111b).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ghost” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GHOST, noun
[See Ghastly.]
- Spirit; the soul of man.
- The soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; an apparition.
All definitions and other forms of “ghost”
GHOST, verb intransitive
To die; to expire.
GHOST, verb transitive
To haunt with an apparition.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.