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πνεῦμα

pneumaspirit/breath: spirit
greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter379 occurrences25 books344 verses

Definition

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό,

[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;]

1. of air in motion;

(a) wind: John 3:8; pl., Hebrews 1:7 (LXX);

(b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Revelation 11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6).

2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luke 8:55, John 19:30, Acts 7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Matthew 26:41, Mark 14:38, 1 Corinthians 5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Romans 8:10, 1 Corinthians 6:17; 7:34, 1 Peter 4:6; to ψυχή, Philippians 1:27, Hebrews 4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mark 2:8; 8:12, John 11:33; 13:21, Acts 18:25, Romans 12:11, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Peter 3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Romans 1:4, 1 Timothy 3:16.

3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luke 1:17, Romans 8:15, 1 Corinthians 4:21, Galatians 6:1, Ephesians 2:2, 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 John 4:6, al.

4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luke 24:37, 39, Acts 23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, John 4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Hebrews 12:9; of disembodied human beings, Hebrews 12:23, 1 Peter 3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Hebrews 1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Matthew 8:16, Mark 9:20, Luke 9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Acts 16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Revelation 16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luke 4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luke 13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Matthew 10:1, Mark 1:23, Luke 4:36, Acts 5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mark 9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luke 7:21, Acts 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., Matthew 1:18; 3:11, 16 4:1, Mark 1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luke 1:15, John 7:39, Acts 19:2, Romans 5:5, 1 Corinthians 2:4, al.; with art., Matthew 4:1; 12:31, 32, Mark 1:10; 3:29, Luke 2:26, John 7:36; 14:26, Acts 4:31; 5:3, Romans 8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Matthew 3:16, Romans 8:9, Ephesians 3:16, 1 John 4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Matthew 10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2 Corinthians 3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luke 4:18, Acts 5:9; 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Acts 16:7; Χριστοῦ, Romans 8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Philippians 1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, John 15:26; 16:13, 1 John 4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Acts 21:11; 28:25, 1 Timothy 4:1, Hebrews 3:7; 10:15, Revelation 14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Revelation 2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luke 2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Romans 8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., John 3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Hebrews 9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:2; ἓν π., 1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 2:18; 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2 Corinthians 3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Romans 2:29; 7:6, 2 Corinthians 3:6.

Synonyms: 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).

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

379 total
  1. Luke 2:26Πνεύματος · Spirit
    The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  2. Luke 2:27Πνεύματι · Spirit
    Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,
  3. Luke 3:16Πνεύματι · Spirit
    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  4. Luke 3:22Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    …and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
  5. Luke 4:1 (2×)Πνεύματος · Spirit; Πνεύματι · Spirit
    Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
  6. Luke 4:14Πνεύματος · Spirit
    Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
  7. Luke 4:18Πνεῦμα · [The] Spirit
    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
  8. Luke 4:33πνεῦμα · [the] spirit
    In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,
  9. Luke 4:36πνεύμασιν · spirits
    All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
  10. Luke 6:18πνευμάτων · spirits
    They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
  11. Luke 7:21πνευμάτων · spirits
    At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.
  12. Luke 8:2πνευμάτων · spirits
    …as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
  13. Luke 8:29πνεύματι · spirit
    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
  14. Luke 8:55πνεῦμα · spirit
    Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.
  15. Luke 9:39πνεῦμα · A spirit
    A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
  16. Luke 9:42πνεύματι · spirit
    Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
  17. Luke 10:20πνεύματα · spirits
    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
  18. Luke 10:21Πνεύματι · Spirit
    At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
  19. Luke 11:13Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
  20. Luke 11:24πνεῦμα · spirit
    When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
  21. Luke 11:26πνεύματα · spirits
    Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
  22. Luke 12:10Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
  23. Luke 12:12Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
  24. Luke 13:11πνεῦμα · [by a] spirit
    …and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
  25. Luke 23:46πνεῦμά · Spirit
    Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
  26. Luke 24:37πνεῦμα · a spirit
    But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
  27. Luke 24:39πνεῦμα · a spirit
    Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
  28. John 1:32Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
  29. John 1:33 (2×)Πνεῦμα · Spirit; Πνεύματι · Spirit
    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
  30. John 3:5Πνεύματος · [the] Spirit
    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  31. John 3:6 (2×)Πνεύματος · Spirit; πνεῦμά · spirit
    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
  32. John 3:8 (2×)πνεῦμα · wind; Πνεύματος · Spirit
    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
  33. John 3:34Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  34. John 4:23πνεύματι · spirit
    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  35. John 4:24 (2×)Πνεῦμα · Spirit; πνεύματι · spirit
    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
  36. John 6:63 (2×)πνεῦμά · Spirit; πνεῦμά · spirit
    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  37. John 7:39 (2×)Πνεύματος · Spirit; Πνεῦμα · [the] Spirit
    He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
  38. John 11:33πνεύματι · in spirit
    When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
  39. John 13:21πνεύματι · in spirit
    After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
  40. John 14:17Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    …the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
  41. John 14:26Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
  42. John 15:26Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
  43. John 16:13Πνεῦμα · Spirit
    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.