In the old English sense, means alive, or living. Numbers 16:30 2 Timothy 4:1; and quicken, to make alive. God bestows spiritual life on men dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians 2:5 , through Christ the second Adam, who is a quickening Spirit, 1 Corinthians 15:45 .
Although written in 1859 by William Rand, this dictionary of the Bible from the American Tract Society is still relevant today.Wikipedia
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