Lexical Definition

‎πνέω‎ pnéō (pneh'-o) to blow ^G:V
a primary word

blow.

• to breathe hard, i.e. breeze

Abbott-Smith

πνέω, [in LXX: Ps 147:7* (18) (נשׁב hi.), Is 40:24 (נשׁף), Si 43:16, 20, Ep. Je 61, II Mac 9:7*;]
to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mt 7:25, 27, Lk 12:55, Jo 3:8 6:18, Re 7:1; τῇ πνεούσῃ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Ac 27:40 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐν-, ὑπο-πνέω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πνέω,

poetry πνείω as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+]future πνεύσομαι (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πνευσοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔπνευσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πέπνευκα (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future πνευσθήσομαι (δια-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐπνεύσθην (δι-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]present and imperfect, to which Trag. add future and aorist 1 active —For the form ἄμπνυε, see. {ἀναπνέω}; for ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο, see at {ἄμπνυτο}; and for perfect passive πέπνῡμαι, participle πεπνῡμένος, see at {πέπνυμαι}.—Like other disyllable Verbs in -έω, this Verb contracts only εε, εε; but ἐκπνέων is disyllable in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—blow, of wind and air, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῷ πνέοντι (i.e. ἀνέμῳ or πνεύματι) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ πνέουσα (i.e. αὔρα) [NT]; also of a flute-player, μέγα πνέων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; and of the flutes themselves, αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας [Refs]; πνεῖται flutes are sounding, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II breathe, send forth an odour, ἀμβροσίη.. ἡδὺ πνείουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 with accusative, breathe out, send forth, Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 with genitive, breathe or smell of a thing, οὐ μύρου πνέον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with dative, μύροισι π. smell with.., [Refs]: frequently metaphorically, breathe, be redolent of, Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φόνου π. conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III of perceptible breathing, [ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ᾽ ὤμων [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV generally, draw breath, breathe: hence, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ πνέοντες, ={οἱ ζῶντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V metaphorically, with accusative cognate, breathe forth, μένεα πνείοντες breathing spirit, epithet of warriors, [πνέων [prev. author] “Ch.” 34 (Lyric poetry), compare 951 (Lyric poetry)">Refs 8th c.BC+]; φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν [Refs]; πνέων χάριν τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, [Refs]; and in a rhetorical passage, οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.2 with neuter adjectives or Prons., πνέοντες μεγάλα giving themselves airs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας[πνέων [prev. author] “P.” 11.30: \_absolutely\_, ὑπὲρ σακέων πνείοντες">Refs 5th c.BC+] breathing over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, [πνέων καρδίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.44: with \_nominative\_, Ἄρης.. μέγας πνέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 323; πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.57; οὗτος.. καικίας ἢ συκοφαντίας πνεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 437 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος on whom thou breathest not favourably, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.147.7* ☩ Acts.27.40}