Pneuma πνεῦμα
| πνεῦμα | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | pneuma |
| Strong's number | G4151 (G4151G, G4151H) |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | neuter noun |
| Gloss | spirit/breath: spirit |
| Occurrences | 386 in 351 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (68) |
Pneuma (Greek πνεῦμα, Strong's G4151) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “spirit/breath: spirit”. It occurs 386 times in 351 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
G4151G: spirit/breath: spirit
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;]
1. of air in motion;
(a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX);
(b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6).
2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16.
3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al.
4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al.
5. Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π., τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π., π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl., §46, 7): anarth., Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al.; with art., Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π., 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6.
SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol., 872). (AS)
G4151H: spirit/breath: breath
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;]
1. of air in motion;
(a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX);
(b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6).
2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16.
3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al.
4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al.
5. Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π., τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π., π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl., §46, 7): anarth., Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al.; with art., Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π., 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6.
SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol., 872). (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | spirit (256), ghost (90), spirits (32), wind (1), holy (1), not (1), spiritually (1), spiritual (1), life (1) |
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| BSB | spirit (319), spirits (31), breath (3), wind (1), between spirits (1), spiritual gifts (1), winds (1) |
Topics
Verses
Pneuma occurs in 351 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (19): 1:18, 1:20, 3:11, 3:16, 4:1, 5:3, 8:16, 10:1, 10:20, 12:18, 12:28, 12:31, 12:32, 12:43, 12:45, 22:43, 26:41, 27:50, 28:19
Mark (22): 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 1:23, 1:26, 1:27, 2:8, 3:11, 3:29, 3:30, 5:2, 5:8, 5:13, 6:7, 7:25, 8:12, 9:17, 9:20, 9:25, 12:36, 13:11, 14:38
Luke (37): 1:15, 1:17, 1:35, 1:41, 1:47, 1:67, 1:80, 2:25, 2:26, 2:27, 2:40, 3:16, 3:22, 4:1, 4:14, 4:18, 4:33, 4:36, 6:18, 7:21, 8:2, 8:29, 8:55, 9:39, 9:42, 9:55, 10:20, 10:21, 11:13, 11:24, 11:26, 12:10, 12:12, 13:11, 23:46, 24:37, 24:39
John (18): 1:32, 1:33, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:34, 4:23, 4:24, 6:63, 7:39, 11:33, 13:21, 14:17, 14:26, 15:26, 16:13, 19:30, 20:22
Acts (68): 1:2, 1:5, 1:8, 1:16, 2:4, 2:17, 2:18, 2:33, 2:38, 4:8, 4:25, 4:31, 5:3, 5:9, 5:16, 5:32, 6:3, 6:5, 6:10, 7:51, 7:55, 7:59, 8:7, 8:15, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:29, 8:39, 9:17, 9:31, 10:19, 10:38, 10:44, 10:45, 10:47, 11:12, 11:15, 11:16, 11:24, 11:28, 13:2, 13:4, 13:9, 13:52, 15:8, 15:28, 16:6, 16:7, 16:16, 16:18, 17:16, 18:25, 19:2, 19:6, 19:12, 19:13, 19:15, 19:16, 19:21, 20:22, 20:23, 20:28, 21:4, 21:11, 23:8, 23:9, 28:25
Romans (28): 1:4, 1:9, 2:29, 5:5, 7:6, 8:1, 8:2, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:23, 8:26, 8:27, 9:1, 11:8, 12:11, 14:17, 15:13, 15:16, 15:19, 15:30
1 Corinthians (33): 2:4, 2:10, 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 3:16, 4:21, 5:3, 5:4, 5:5, 6:11, 6:17, 6:19, 6:20, 7:34, 7:40, 12:3, 12:4, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:13, 14:2, 14:12, 14:14, 14:15, 14:16, 14:32, 15:45, 16:18
2 Corinthians (15): 1:22, 2:13, 3:3, 3:6, 3:8, 3:17, 3:18, 4:13, 5:5, 6:6, 7:1, 7:13, 11:4, 12:18, 13:13
Galatians (15): 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:14, 4:6, 4:29, 5:5, 5:16, 5:17, 5:18, 5:22, 5:25, 6:1, 6:8, 6:18
Ephesians (14): 1:13, 1:17, 2:2, 2:18, 2:22, 3:5, 3:16, 4:3, 4:4, 4:23, 4:30, 5:18, 6:17, 6:18
Philippians (5): 1:19, 1:27, 2:1, 3:3, 4:23
1 Thessalonians (5): 1:5, 1:6, 4:8, 5:19, 5:23
2 Thessalonians (3): 2:2, 2:8, 2:13
1 Timothy (3): 3:16, 4:1, 4:12
2 Timothy (3): 1:7, 1:14, 4:22
Titus (1): 3:5
Philemon (1): 1:25
Hebrews (12): 1:7, 1:14, 2:4, 3:7, 4:12, 6:4, 9:8, 9:14, 10:15, 10:29, 12:9, 12:23
1 Peter (9): 1:2, 1:11, 1:12, 1:22, 3:4, 3:18, 3:19, 4:6, 4:14
2 Peter (1): 1:21
1 John (9): 3:24, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:6, 4:13, 5:6, 5:7, 5:8
Revelation (24): 1:4, 1:10, 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29, 3:1, 3:6, 3:13, 3:22, 4:2, 4:5, 5:6, 11:11, 13:15, 14:13, 16:13, 16:14, 17:3, 18:2, 19:10, 21:10, 22:6, 22:17
Notes
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