[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ghost.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / ghost [← G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/G/) # ghost «ghost» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb (ghost, ghosts, ghosted, ghosting — slang) ### meaning for a pupil 1) In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#m1) 2) A very faint trace of something: "a ghost of a smile". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#m2) 3) (verb, slang) To suddenly stop answering someone's messages and ignore them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#m3) 4) give up the ghost (informal): to die, or of a machine, to stop working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A ghost here means the spirit of a dead person that a medium claims to call up and ask for secret knowledge. The Torah forbids this. Interpretation: Tradition counts consulting the dead as a kind of forbidden magic. It teaches that Jews should seek guidance from God and not from the dead. In the primary lessons: In stories, Halloween and spooky games. In real speech: "she ghosted me". Phrases: ghost story, ghost town, not a ghost of a chance, give up the ghost, ghost writer. ### examples - or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x1) - Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.19.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x2) - A man also or a woman that divineth by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. (Torah LEV.20.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x3) - And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land. (Prophets 1SA.28.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x4) - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost, to inquire thereby, (Writings 1CH.10.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x5) - And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead (Prophets ISA.8.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x6) - We told ghost stories round the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x7) - He dressed up as a ghost for Halloween. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x8) - The old house is said to have a ghost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x9) - She hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x10) - My old phone finally gave up the ghost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x11) - (slang) He ghosted me after the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x12) - It's a ghost town on Sunday mornings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/#x13) ### note The h is silent: "gohst". Adjective: ghostly. Science: there is no proof that ghosts are real. Plural: ghosts. ### In the corpora - [or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.509/) - [And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.813/) - [Ghost stories and playground legends are fun, but they should not turn a real neighbour into a villain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/13/) - [Ghost stories at a sleepover are fun because everyone knows they are stories, and nobody gets hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/13/) - ["Gave up the ghost" means died; it is also said jokingly of a machine that stops working for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/14/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «ghost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/ghost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.