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  • noun A benevolent spirit.

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Examples

  • Bel was deemed a beneficent deity, being, as Gesenius calls him {s.v. בֵּל sub בַּעַל), ’agathodemon, omnis felicitatis auctor,’ Daniel does not spare him on that account.

    The Three Additions to Daniel: A Study. 1906

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  • good spirit

    February 7, 2007