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It is a Scriptural term it means to die. It is in reference to men passing from this life to the next releasing the spirit inside them to their eternal home, whether that is heaven or hell.
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People often carry around the baggage of their pasts which tend to often haunts them in their present life situations. Past experiences with little relevance to the present should be discarded when we move ahead in life. The 'ghost' refers to the misdeeds and misadventures of the past. The lessons from them have already been learned. Just keep the the lessons in mind and leave the experiences behind. As long as the the word 'ghosts' is not taken literally, origine of the phrase can be allowed to remain ambiguous.
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In the King James version of the Bible, Jesus death is described with the words "and he gave up the ghost". In 17th century English, "ghost" meant "spirit". So "giving up the ghost" means he gave up his spirit ie he died.
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the biblical term means to die
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It means to die but now we use it for things that stop working as well. I believe it was first used in the bible
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