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Spirit of God may refer to:
Abrahamic religions
Holy Spirit , a term found in English translations of the Bible, but understood differently among the Abrahamic religions
Holy Spirit in Judaism , Ruach HaKodesh , the Spirit of YHWH in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and Jewish writings
Shekhinah , English transliteration of a Hebrew noun
Holy Spirit in Christianity , the third divine person of the Holy Trinity; each person itself being God
Holy Spirit in Islam , Ruh al-Quds , in the Quran, interpreted by some people as the angel Gabriel
Maid of Heaven , Baha'i Faith, a vision had by founder of the Baha'i Faith of a maiden Messenger of God gave him his mission
Zoroastrianism
Spenta Mainyu , the most beneficent spirit, the "Holy Spirit"
Ahura Mazda (Zoroastrianism), a higher spirit of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed as the uncreated spirit by Zoroaster
Hinduism
Brahman (Hinduism), "the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world", which "cannot be exactly defined"
Paramatman (Hinduism), the Supreme Soul
Native American religions
Great Spirit (Indigenous peoples of the Americas), a conception of a supreme being prevalent among some Native American and First Nations cultures
Gitche Manitou , Algonquian language term for Great Spirit and later for God by Christian missionaries
Chinese
Qi (Taoism), an active principle forming part of any living thing
Tian (Confucianism), one of the oldest Chinese terms for the cosmos and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion
Other
Naam (Sikhism), the principal method or tool of meditation, which is meant to unite the soul with the Supreme Soul
See also
Topics referred to by the same term