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( ἐðéöáíåßá , 2Ma_5:4; ἴíäáëìá ,
Wis_17:3; öÜíôáóìá , Wis_17:15 [14]), the sudden appearance of a "ghost" or the spirit of a departed person (comp. Luk_24:37), or some other preternatural object. SEE SPECTRE. The belief in such occurrences has always been prevalent in the East; and among the modern Mohammedans the existence and manifestation of efreets is held an undoubted reality (Lane's Mod. Eg. 1, 344). SEE SUPERSTITION. Such a belief, however, has no sanction in the canonical Scriptures beyond the doubtful case of Saul (1Sa_28:14). SEE WITCHCRAFT. The visits of Christ to his disciples after his resurrection come under altogether a different category. SEE APPEARANCE.