What is the meaning, explanation, and definition of "spirit" in the bible? by bernardo69

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What is the meaning, explanation, and definition of "spirit" in the bible?
The word "spirit" has several meanings in the bible. Jesus teach us about the spirit: "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth", John 4:24. In the bible spirit means wisdom according to Thomas Aquinas, this is the most strict definition of the term "spirit". 
Thomas Aquinas in his book Summa of Theologiae explains that God is the wisdom itself, that is, to speak of wisdom is to speak of God.The theologian does not tell us that God is love, because wisdom is before love, to love something you have to know it first.
In a practical sense, Jesus is telling us that worshiping God in spirit and truth is worshiping wisdom through contemplative activity. The contemplation is a form of transcendental meditation focused in the immaterial and eternal truths.
The Bible allows a broader interpretation of the word "spirit", understanding the word "spirit" as mentalities, discernments:
1) Spirit of discord:
"It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and spirit of discord, but others out of goodwill". 1 Philippians 1:15
2) Spirit of faith:
"But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture - "I believed, and so I spoke" - we also believe, and so we speak" 2 Corinthians 4:13
3) Spirit of gentleness:
"What would you prefer? Am I to come to you with a strick, or with love with a spirit of gentleness? 1 Corinthians 4:21
4) Spirit of wisdom and revelation:
"I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him" Ephesians 1:17
5) Spirit of power, love and self-discipline:
"For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline" 2 Timothy 1:7
6) Spirit of truth and error:
"We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error." 1 John 4:6
7) Spirit of holiness:
"And was declared to be Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord", Romans 1:4
8) Evil Spirits:
"Jesus had just then cured many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind" Luke 7:21

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This interpretation of spirit as mentality is due to the fact that in the bible the spirit is what gives life: "The spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you - they are full of the Spirit and life." John 6:63.
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