[Mad Dawg]

Just as an aside: One of the tings that makes conversation so, uh, exciting is the way words change, and the way some of us antiquarians refuse to change with them. To me what you got here is "in" (which, strangely enough is Latin for, wait for it .... "in", or "into") and "spirare" "to breathe." And the "God" part is understood.

And you got in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin the way the at least one word for "breath" is also the word for "spirit".

So while to many "inspired" these days may mean little more than "taking a notion", to me it will always mean "breathed into or 'enspirited' (usually by God)".

Just doing my little bit to add to the confusion, no need to thank me ....

[Forest Keeper]

So while to many "inspired" these days may mean little more than "taking a notion", to me it will always mean "breathed into or 'enspirited' (usually by God)".

Yes, that's the way I see it. Unfortunately, some really do see it as nothing more than a nudge. I wouldn't be able to accept the scriptures as authority if that's what I thought.