Lexical Definition

‎πνεῦμα‎ pneûma (pnyoo'-mah) spirit/breath: spirit G:N-N
from ‎πνέω‎

ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.

Usage: 9 forms in 380 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πνεῦμα A spirit Mark.3.30 • Mark.9.17 • Luke.4.33 • Luke.9.39 • Luke.13.11 • Luke.24.37 • Luke.24.39 • Acts.16.16 • Acts.23.9 • Rom.8.15 • Rom.11.8 • 1Cor.15.45 • 2Cor.11.4 • 2Tim.1.7
Spirit Matt.3.16 • Matt.10.20 • Matt.12.43 • Matt.26.41 • Matt.27.50 • Mark.1.10 • Mark.1.12 • Mark.1.26 • Mark.3.29 • Mark.5.8 • Mark.7.25 • Mark.9.20 • Mark.9.25 • Mark.13.11 • Mark.14.38 • Luke.1.35 • Luke.2.25 • Luke.3.22 • Luke.4.18 • Luke.8.55 • Luke.11.13 • Luke.11.24 • Luke.12.10 • Luke.12.12 • John.1.32 • John.1.33 • John.3.34 • John.4.24 • John.7.39 • John.14.17 • John.14.26 • John.15.26 • John.16.13 • John.19.30 • John.20.22 • Acts.1.16 • Acts.2.4 • Acts.5.3 • Acts.5.9 • Acts.5.32 • Acts.8.15 • Acts.8.17 • Acts.8.18 • Acts.8.19 • Acts.8.29 • Acts.8.39 • Acts.10.19 • Acts.10.44 • Acts.10.47 • Acts.11.15 • Acts.13.2 • Acts.15.8 • Acts.16.7 • Acts.17.16 • Acts.19.2 • Acts.19.2 • Acts.19.6 • Acts.19.15 • Acts.19.16 • Acts.20.23 • Acts.20.28 • Acts.21.11 • Acts.23.8 • Acts.28.25 • Rom.1.4 • Rom.8.1 • Rom.8.4 • Rom.8.5 • Rom.8.9 • Rom.8.9 • Rom.8.10 • Rom.8.11 • Rom.8.15 • Rom.8.16 • Rom.8.26 • Rom.8.26 • 1Cor.2.10 • 1Cor.2.11 • 1Cor.2.11 • 1Cor.2.12 • 1Cor.2.12 • 1Cor.3.16 • 1Cor.5.5 • 1Cor.7.40 • 1Cor.12.4 • 1Cor.12.8 • 1Cor.12.11 • 1Cor.12.13 • 1Cor.16.18 • 2Cor.3.17 • 2Cor.4.13 • 2Cor.7.13 • Gal.3.2 • Gal.3.5 • Gal.4.6 • Gal.4.29 • Gal.6.8 • Eph.1.17 • Eph.4.4 • Eph.4.30 • 1Thess.4.8 • 1Thess.5.19 • 1Thess.5.23 • Heb.3.7 • Heb.10.15 • Heb.10.29 • Jas.4.5 • 1Pet.1.11 • 1Pet.4.14 • 1John.4.2 • 1John.4.2 • 1John.4.3 • 1John.4.6 • 1John.4.6 • 1John.5.7 • 1John.5.8 • Jude.1.19 • Rev.2.7 • Rev.2.11 • Rev.2.17 • Rev.2.29 • Rev.3.6 • Rev.3.13 • Rev.3.22 • Rev.14.13 • Rev.19.10 • Rev.22.17
the Spirit 2Cor.3.6 • Gal.5.17 • 1Tim.4.1
πνεῦμά Spirit Matt.12.18 • Luke.1.47 • Luke.23.46 • John.3.6 • John.6.63 • John.6.63 • Acts.7.59 • Acts.11.12 • 1Cor.6.17 • 1Cor.14.14 • 2Cor.3.17 • 1John.5.6 • 1John.5.6
πνεύματόσ Spirit Matt.1.20 • Luke.9.55 • Acts.2.17 • Acts.2.18 • 1Cor.6.19 • Gal.5.22 • 2Tim.4.22
πνεύματοσ Spirit Matt.1.18 • Matt.4.1 • Matt.12.31 • Matt.12.32 • Matt.28.19 • Luke.1.15 • Luke.2.26 • Luke.4.14 • John.3.6 • John.7.39 • Acts.1.2 • Acts.1.8 • Acts.2.4 • Acts.2.33 • Acts.2.38 • Acts.4.25 • Acts.4.31 • Acts.6.5 • Acts.9.17 • Acts.9.31 • Acts.10.45 • Acts.11.28 • Acts.13.4 • Acts.13.9 • Acts.13.52 • Acts.16.6 • Acts.21.4 • Rom.5.5 • Rom.8.2 • Rom.8.5 • Rom.8.6 • Rom.8.11 • Rom.8.23 • Rom.8.27 • Rom.15.13 • Rom.15.30 • 1Cor.2.10 • 1Cor.2.14 • 1Cor.12.7 • 1Cor.12.8 • 2Cor.1.22 • 2Cor.3.8 • 2Cor.3.18 • 2Cor.5.5 • 2Cor.7.1 • 2Cor.13.13 • Gal.3.14 • Gal.5.17 • Gal.6.8 • Gal.6.18 • Eph.2.2 • Eph.3.16 • Eph.4.3 • Eph.6.17 • Phil.1.19 • Phil.4.23 • 2Thess.2.2 • 2Tim.1.14 • Phlm.1.25 • Heb.4.12 • Heb.9.8 • Heb.9.14 • Jas.2.26 • 1Pet.1.22 • 1Pet.3.4 • 2Pet.1.21 • 1John.3.24 • 1John.4.13 • Rev.18.2
in spirit 1Cor.5.4
of Spirit Luke.4.1 • John.3.5 • Acts.6.3 • Acts.7.55 • Acts.11.24 • Rom.7.6 • Rom.15.19 • 1Cor.2.4 • 1Cor.2.13 • 2Cor.3.6 • Phil.2.1 • 1Thess.1.6 • 2Thess.2.13 • Titus.3.5 • Heb.2.4 • Heb.6.4 • 1Pet.1.2
with Spirit Luke.1.41 • Luke.1.67 • Acts.4.8
πνεύματι Spirit Matt.3.11 • Matt.5.3 • Matt.12.28 • Matt.22.43 • Mark.1.8 • Mark.2.8 • Mark.8.12 • Mark.9.25 • Mark.12.36 • Luke.1.17 • Luke.2.27 • Luke.3.16 • Luke.4.1 • Luke.8.29 • Luke.9.42 • Luke.10.21 • John.1.33 • John.4.23 • John.4.24 • Acts.1.5 • Acts.6.10 • Acts.7.51 • Acts.10.38 • Acts.11.16 • Acts.15.28 • Acts.16.18 • Acts.19.21 • Acts.20.22 • Rom.2.29 • Rom.8.9 • Rom.8.16 • Rom.9.1 • Rom.14.17 • Rom.15.16 • 1Cor.6.11 • 1Cor.6.20 • 1Cor.7.34 • 1Cor.12.3 • 1Cor.12.3 • 1Cor.12.9 • 1Cor.12.9 • 1Cor.12.13 • 1Cor.14.15 • 1Cor.14.15 • 1Cor.14.16 • 2Cor.6.6 • 2Cor.12.18 • Eph.1.13 • Eph.2.18 • Eph.2.22 • Eph.3.5 • Eph.4.23 • Eph.5.18 • Eph.6.18 • Phil.1.27 • Col.1.8 • 1Thess.1.5 • 1Tim.3.16 • 1Tim.4.12 • 1Pet.1.12 • 1Pet.3.18 • 1John.4.1 • Jude.1.20 • Rev.1.10 • Rev.4.2 • Rev.17.3 • Rev.21.10
a spirit Mark.1.23 • Mark.5.2 • Gal.6.1
by Spirit Rom.8.13 • Rom.8.14 • Gal.5.16 • Gal.5.18 • Gal.5.25 • Gal.5.25
in spirit Luke.1.80 • Luke.2.40 • John.11.33 • John.13.21 • Acts.18.25 • Rom.12.11 • 1Cor.5.3 • Gal.3.3 • Phil.3.3 • Col.2.5 • 1Pet.4.6
in the Spirit 1Cor.14.2
through Spirit Gal.5.5
with Spirit 2Cor.3.3
πνεύματα spirits Matt.8.16 • Matt.12.45 • Mark.3.11 • Mark.5.13 • Luke.10.20 • Luke.11.26 • Acts.8.7 • Acts.19.12 • Acts.19.13 • 1Cor.14.32 • Heb.1.14 • 1John.4.1 • Rev.3.1 • Rev.4.5 • Rev.5.6 • Rev.16.13 • Rev.16.14
πνεύματί a spirit 1Cor.4.21
spirit Rom.1.9 • 2Cor.2.13
πνεύμασιν spirits Mark.1.27 • Luke.4.36 • 1Pet.3.19
to spirits 1Tim.4.1 • Heb.12.23
πνευμάτων of spirits 1Cor.12.10 • Heb.12.9
of spiritual gifts 1Cor.14.12
over spirits Matt.10.1
spirits Mark.6.7 • Luke.6.18 • Luke.7.21 • Luke.8.2 • Acts.5.16 • Rev.1.4 • Rev.22.6

Abbott-Smith

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, (< πνέω), [in LXX chiefly and very freq. for רוּחַ;]
1. of air in motion;
(a) wind: Jo 3:8; pl., He 1:7(LXX);
(b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Re 11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, fig., II Th 2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33):6*).
2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Lk 8:55, Jo 19:30, Ac 7:59, al.; opp. to σάρξ, Mt 26:41, Mk 14:38, I Co 5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Ro 8:10, I Co 6:17 7:34, I Pe 4:6; to ψυχή, Phl 1:27, He 4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, I Th 5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dat., τῷ π., in spirit, Mk 2:8 8:12, Jo 11:33 13:21, Ac 18:25, Ro 12:11, I Co 7:34, I Pe 3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Ro 1:4, I Ti 3:16.
3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Lk 1:17, Ro 8:15, I Co 4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph 2:2, II Ti 1:7, I Jo 4:6, al.
4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Lk 24:37, 39, Ac 23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jo 4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., He 12:9; of disembodied human beings, He 12:23, I Pe 3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. He 1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mt 8:16, Mk 9:20, Lk 9:39, al.; π. πύθωνα, Ac 16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Re 16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Lk 4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., § 35, 5), Lk 13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mt 10:1, Mk 1:23, Lk 4:36, Ac 5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mk 9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Lk 7:21, Ac 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; v. WM, 1515; Bl., § 46, 7): anarth., Mt 1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mk 1:8 (Swete, in l.), Mk 1:10, Lk 1:15, Jo 7:39, Ac 19:2, Ro 5:5, I Co 2:4, al.; c. art., Mt 4:1 12:31, 32, Mk 1:10 3:29, Lk 2:26, Jo 7:36 14:26, Ac 4:31 5:3, Ro 8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mt 3:16, Ro 8:9, Eph 3:16, I Jo 4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mt 10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, II Co 3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Lk 4:18, Ac 5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Ac 16:7; Χριστοῦ, Ro 8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Phl 1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jo 15:26 16:13, I Jo 4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Ac 21:11 28:25, I Ti 4:1, He 3:7 10:15, Re 14:13; seq. τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Re 2:7, 11, 17, 29, 3:6, 13, 22; ἐν τ. π., Lk 2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Ro 8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jo 3:5; διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, He 9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, II Th 2:18, I Pe 1:2; ἓν π., I Co 12:13, Eph 2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, II Co 3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opp. to γράμμα, Ro 2:29 7:6, II Co 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).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Psalms 32:6*
Matthew 1:18 · 3:11 · 3:16 · 4:1 · 8:16 · 10:1 · 10:20 · 12:31 · 12:32 · 26:41
Mark 1:8 · 1:10 · 1:23 · 2:8 · 3:29 · 8:12 · 9:17 · 9:20 · 9:25 · 14:38
Luke 1:15 · 1:17 · 2:26 · 2:27 · 4:18 · 4:33 · 4:36 · 7:21 · 8:55 · 9:39 · 13:11 · 24:37 · 24:39
John 3:5 · 3:8 · 4:24 · 7:36 · 7:39 · 11:33 · 13:21 · 14:26 · 15:26 · 16:13 · 19:30
Acts 4:31 · 5:3 · 5:9 · 5:16 · 7:59 · 8:39 · 16:7 · 16:16 · 18:25 · 19:2 · 19:12 · 21:11 · 23:8 · 28:25
Romans 1:4 · 2:29 · 5:5 · 7:6 · 8:4 · 8:5 · 8:9 · 8:10 · 8:15 · 8:16 · 12:11
1 Corinthians 2:4 · 4:21 · 5:5 · 6:17 · 7:34 · 12:13
2 Corinthians 3:3 · 3:6 · 3:17
Galatians 6:1
Ephesians 2:2 · 2:18 · 3:16 · 4:4
Philippians 1:19 · 1:27
1 Thessalonians 5:23
2 Thessalonians 2:8 · 2:18
1 Timothy 3:16 · 4:1
2 Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 1:7 · 1:14 · 3:7 · 4:12 · 9:14 · 10:15 · 12:9 · 12:23
1 Peter 1:2 · 3:18 · 3:19 · 4:6
1 John 4:2 · 4:6
Revelation 2:7 · 2:11 · 2:17 · 2:29 · 3:6 · 3:13 · 3:22 · 11:11 · 14:13 · 16:14

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πνεῦμα, ατος, τό,

(πνέω) blast, wind, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+]: frequently in Trag., etc., ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θαλάσσας.. πνεύματι λάβρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+] is commoner in Poets; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ πρύμναν ἵσταται τὸ π.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ πνεῦμα στῆναι τοῦ ἄρρενος to leeward of him, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but κατὰ π. προσιόντες down wind, [Refs]; πνεύματος ἀνείλησις, ἐκπύρωσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as an element, air, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

__2 metaphorically, θαλερωτέρῳ π. with more genial breeze or influence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἰδοίῳ π. χώρας with air or spirit of respect on the part of the country, [Refs]; π. ταὐτὸν οὔποτ᾽.. ἐν ἀνδράσιν φίλοις βέβηκεν the wind is constantly changing even among friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II breathed air, breath, σάλπιγξ βροτείου πνεύματος πληρουμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐλῶν, λωτοῦ π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπέρρηξεν βίου the breath of life, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἄθροισον collect breath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀφεῖναι, ἀνεῖναι, μεθεῖναι, to give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πνεύματος διαρροαί the wind-pipe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 breathing, respiration, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. προσκόπτον checked, difficult breathing, Aph.[Refs]; π. ἄσημον indistinct, feeble breathing, Epid.[Refs]; π. βηχῶδες [Refs]; π. μετέωρον shallow breathing, Epid.[Refs]; τὸ π. ἔχειν ἄνω to be out of breath, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ π. ἀνήνεγκαν recovered their breath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀναφέρουσιν.. κλαίοντά τε καὶ ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ἀνέλκοντα τὸ π. they sob.., [Refs]
__II.2.b plural, of the air imagined as filling the veins, πνευμάτων ἀπολήψιες ἀνὰ φλέβας [Refs]Acut.(Sp.)[Refs]
__II.3 flatulence, in plural, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 breath of life, π. ζωῆς [LXX+1st c.AD+]; π. ἔχειν retain life, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; living being, ἐγὼ Νίνος πάλαι ποτ᾽ ἐγενόμην π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐ π. πάντα βρότεια σοὶ (i.e. Πλούτωνι) νέμετα; [Refs]
__II.5 that which is breathed forth or exhaled, odour, ὦ θεῖον ὀδμῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. βαρὺ ἀφιεῖσα, of a tree, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.6 Grammars, breathing with which a vowel is pronounced, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. δασύ, ψιλόν, [Refs]
__III divine inspiration, ἄγρια.. πνεύματα θευφορίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV the spirit of God, π. θεοῦ [LXX]: frequently in NT, τὸ π. τὸ ἅγιον [NT]
__IV.2 spirit of man, εἴτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο π. θεῖον εἴτε νοῦς [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in NT, opposed to ψυχή, [NT]; τῷ π., opposed to τῷ σώματι, [NT]; also, opposed to γράμμα, [NT]
__V spiritual or immaterial being, angel, [NT]; τὰ ἄχραντα π., τὰ κακὰ π., [Refs 4th c.AD+]; π. πονηρόν, ψευδές, [LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+]; ἀλάλου καὶ κακοῦ π. οὖσα πλήρης (i.e. ἡ Πυθία) [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VI Rhet., sentence declaimed in one breath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.6.17 ☩ LXX.Gen.1.2 ☩ Mark.3.29 ☩ 1Thess.5.23 ☩ Rom.8.2 ☩ 1Cor.5.3 ☩ Rom.2.29 ☩ Heb.1.14 ☩ Rev.1.4 ☩ LXX.Judg.9.23 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.22.21 ☩ Acts.19.12 ☩ Rev.16.14