Pneuma πνεῦμα

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Pneuma
πνεῦμα
Transliterationpneuma
Strong's numberG4151 (G4151G, G4151H)
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
Glossspirit/breath: spirit
Occurrences386 in 351 verses
Most frequent inActs (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

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό,
[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

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό,
[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

KJVspirit (256), ghost (90), spirits (32), wind (1), holy (1), not (1), spiritually (1), spiritual (1), life (1)
BSBspirit (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

Colossians (2): 1:8, 2:5

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

James (2): 2:26, 4:5

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

Jude (2): 1:19, 1:20

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

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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