All the References to “holy Spirit” in the Dead Sea Scrolls
The reference at the beginning is either the abbreviated name of the document and/or the cave designation (1QHa, for example, is the Pesher of Habbaquk from Cave 1). Each number is the folio/page and the line number of the manuscript. Many of these manuscripts are fragmentary, and breaks, unreadable portions, or missing segments are indicated by brackets ([ … ]).
References
CD 2:12 the surface of the earth with their descendants. He taught them through those anointed by the holy spirit, the seers of
CD 3:7 in the wilderness. them at Kadesh “Go up and possess their spirit; and they did not listen
CD 5:11 her father, she is the flesh . Also they have corrupted their holy spirit, and with blasphemous language
CD 7:4 each his holy spirit, just as God has told them so to do. In short, for all who conduct their lives
1QS 4:21 of the flesh, cleansing from every wicked deed by a holy spirit. Like purifying waters, He shall sprinkle each with a spirit of truth, effectual against all the abominations of lying and sullying by an
1QS 8:16 and by what the prophets have revealed by His holy spirit. No man belonging to the Covenant of the
1QS 9:3 When, united by all these precepts, such men as these come to be a community in Israel, they shall establish eternal truth guided by the instruction of His holy spirit.
1QSb 2:24 May He grace you with the holy spirit and loving-[kindness …]
1QpHab 12:17 [but there is no life in it. But the LORD really is in his holy temple.]
1QM 7:6 man who is not pure in respect to his genitals on the day of battle shall not go down with them, for holy angels are present with their army. There shall be a space
1QM 13:2 Be[li]al there and all the spirits of his forces. And they shall say in response: Blessed is the God of Israel for all His holy purpose and His works of truth. And blessed are
1QHa 4:38 [I give thanks to You, O Lord, for] You have spread [Your] holy spirit over Your servant […] his heart
1QHa 5:25 all Your works before You created them, together with the host of Your spirits and the assembly of [Your holy ones,] Your holy expanse [and all]
1QHa 6:24 that by Your favor for m[an …] Your holy [sp]irit, and thus You bring him to Your understanding. As
1QHa 8:20 by [Your] ho[ly] spirit […] and he (?) shall not […] 21 [Your] hol[y] spirit […] the fullness of [heav]en [and] earth […] Your [g]lory, the fullness of […]
1QHa 8:25 encouraging myself by [Your] h[oly] spirit, clinging to the truth of Your covenant, [serv]ing You in truth and a perfect heart, and loving [Your holy name. ]
1QHa 8:30 Your [mer]cy with [Your] servant for [ever,] to cleanse me by Your holy spirit, and to bring me near by Your grace according to Your great mercy […] in […]
1QHa 9:13 they became [Your holy] angels […,] as eternal spirits in their dominions, luminaries for their mysteries,
1QHa 16:13 holy spirits, and the whirling flame of fire so that none may [come to the] fountain of life, nor with eternal trees
1QHa 17:32 With a sure truth You have supported me, and by Your holy spirit You have delighted me; even until this day […]
1QHa 20:15 which You gave me, and I have listened faithfully to Your wondrous counsel by Your holy spirit.
1QHa 23:33 […] Your [ho]ly [spirit] You have spread out, atoning for guilt
1Q34bis f3ii:7 Your holy [spirit], by the works of Your hands and the writing of Your right hand, in order to declare to them the foundations of glory, and the eternal works.
1Q39 f1:6 […] by Your holy spirit […]
4Q171 f1+3_4iii:8 and who shall scatter like smoke that dissipates in the wind. “The wicked borrow and do not repay;
4Q171 f3_10iv:25 [I address my poem to the king” (Psalm 45:1b). This refers to … ho]ly spirit, for
4Q216 5:5 [the waters, and all the spirits who minister before Him: the angels of ] the presence; the angels of ho[liness];
4Q255 f2:1 (1QS 3:7) … and so be joined to [His] truth by His holy spirit, purif[ied from all]
4Q257 5:1 [(1QS 4:4) … It engenders a spirit knowledgeable in every plan of action, zealous for the laws of righteousness,] holy (1QS 4:5) in its thoughts
4Q258 6:8 —
4Q258 7:4 —
4Q266 f2ii:12 with [their] des[cendants. He taug]ht [them through those anointed by the holy spirit, the seers of (CD 2:13) truth.]
4Q266 f3iii:5 [according to their ordinance, not befouling (CD 7:4) ea]ch [his holy spirit, just as God has told them so to do.]
4Q270 f2ii:11 by their names, defiling His holy spirit […]
4Q270 f2ii:14 rebellion against those anointed by the Holy Spirit or who speaks lies [against …]
4Q287 f2:5 [… shin]ing, variegated patterns of the spirits of the utterly hol[y …]
4Q287 f2:7 [… the utterly] holy [spirits will sing for joy] in all the fixed time[s …]
4Q287 f2:13 […] Your holy [spirits] in [their glorious] dwel[lings,] Your righteous [a]ngels […]
4Q287 f10:13 […] against the anointed of [His] hol[y] spirit [….]
4Q403 f1i:42 the G[od a]wesome in power, [all you] wise [spirits] of light; together laud the utterly brilliant firmament that girds [His] holy temple.
4Q403 f1i:44 its [stru]cture and crafted desi[gn.] The utterly holy spirits, living divinities, eternally holy spirits above
4Q403 f1ii:1 perfect light, a weaving of an utterly holy spiritual substance […]
4Q403 f1ii:7 walking to and fro. The utterly holy spirits […] 8 the utterly holy, divine spirits, an ete[rnal] vision […]
4Q404 f5:1 [… its structure and crafted design.] The utterly holy spirits,
4Q405 f6:5 [all its structure and crafted design.] The utterly holy spirits, living divinities, [eternally] h[oly] spiri[ts]
4Q405 f14_15i:2 [… From] the wondrous spiritual likeness, utterly holy and engrav[ed … , issues a to]ngue of blessing, and from the [divine] image
4Q405 f14_15i:4 […] the vestibules of their entryways, utterly holy spirits who draw near in […] eternally.
4Q405 f18:3 —
4Q405 f19:2 Then the divine figures, the ut[terly holy] spirits, shall praise Him […] the glorious figures, the floor
4Q405 f19:4 made utterly pure, [spi]rits of knowledge, truth and righteousness in the Holy of [H]olies, [f ]orms of the living godlike beings, luminous spiritual forms— 5 all these h[ol]y handiworks are wondrously connected to each other. Embroidered [spirits,] figures of the godlike beings, are engraved
4Q405 f20ii_22:3 His glorious chariots […] holy Cherubim, luminous wheel-beings in the inner[most sanctum …] godlike spirits of […] purity […]
4Q405 f20ii_22:10 His chariotthrone’s glorious [w]heels appears something like an utterly holy spiritual fire. All around are what appear to be streams of fire, resembling electrum, and [sh]ining handiwork
4Q405 f23ii:8 In the midst of what looks like glorious scarlet and colors of utterly holy spiritual light, the spirits take up their holy stand in the presence of
4Q416 f2ii:6 and get back [your] purse. [In such dealings do not degrade] yourself; do not exchange your holy spirit for any amount of money,
4Q418 f76:3 —
4Q422 1:7 […And he rested on the seventh day from all the work whi]ch He had done, and [His] holy spirit […]
4Q427 f8ii:18 by [Your holy] spirit. [(1QHa 20:16) You have opened within me knowledge in the mystery of Your insight, and a spring of Your strength and your … (1QHa 20:17) There shall]
4Q428 f15:3 —
4Q435 f2i:2
4Q436 f1ii:1 [and a hol]y [spirit] You have placed in my heart. You have removed lustful eyes from me, and gazed […]
4Q444 f1_4i+5:1 As for me, I am the Dread of God. He opened my mouth with the knowledge of His truth, and […] empowered by His holy spirit. […]
4Q504 f1_2Rv:15 [In]deed, You have poured out Your holy spirit upon us,
4Q504 f4:5 [lies open before Y]ou. We know these things because You have graciously granted us [Your] h[oly] spirit. [Take pity on us,]
4Q506 f131_132:11 [bec]ause You ha[ve graciously granted us Your] holy [spirit.] Take pity on us,
4Q509 f97_98i:9 [Your glory and the words of Your holy spirit, by] the works of Your hands and the writing
4Q580 f2:3 [… ]the holiness and exhaling a breath/[the] spirit[ (of … ) ]
11Q17 4:9 —
11Q17 6:5 —
11Q17 7:5 —
11Q17 7:12 — 13 —
11Q17 9:5 […] and the sm[el]l of their drink offerings, according to the num[ber of …] of purity in a spirit of holine[ss]