Is the Holy Spirit Feminine? If so, why do most references in Scripture use masculine pronouns, and one uses a neuter pronoun? The reason has everything to do with which language is used for a translation. The Spirit is masculine in Latin, the language used for the first English translations. That happenstance has given English speakers a masculine Holy Spirit. Greek was used later, but only changed one pronoun in Acts 8:16 where the Holy Spirit is referred to as “It.” The Hebrew language that Y’shua used whenever He preached or taught holds that Ruah is feminine. Yes! Ruah Hakodesh, the Hebrew term, is feminine! Jewish teachings even refer to the Holy Spirit as the feminine side, the nurturing Spirit, of our Heavenly Father. For that reason this book uses the feminine pronouns in the following verses.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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