Forms of the word

Dictionary
πνεῦμα, -ματος, τό
Greek transliteration
pneuma
Simplified transliteration
pneuma

Numbers

Strong's number
4151
GK Number
4460

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
379
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(4)
Gloss
wind, breath, things which are commonly perceived as having no material substance; by extension: spirit, heart, mind, the immaterial part of the inner person that can respond to God; spirit being: (evil) spirit, ghost, God the Holy Spirit
Definition
wind, air in motion, Jn. 3:8; breath, 2 Thess. 2:8; the substance spirit, Jn. 3:6; a spirit, spiritual being, Jn. 4:24; Acts 23:8, 9; Heb. 1:14; a bodiless spirit, specter, Lk. 24:37; a foul spirit, δαιμόνιον, Mt. 8:16; Lk. 10:20; spirit, as a vital principle, Jn. 6:63; 1 Cor. 15:45; the human spirit, the soul, Mt. 26:41; 27:50; Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 7:34; Jas. 2:26; the spirit as the seat of thought and feeling, the mind, Mk. 8:12; Acts 19:21; spirit, mental frame, 1 Cor. 4:21; 1 Pet. 3:4; a characteristic spirit, an influential principle, Lk. 9:55; 1 Cor. 2:12; 2 Tim. 1:7; a pervading influence, Rom. 11:8; spirit, frame of mind, as distinguished from outward circumstances and action, Mt. 5:3; spirit as distinguished from outward show and form. Jn. 4:23; spirit, a divinely bestowed spiritual frame, characteristic of true believers, Rom. 8:4; Jude 19; spirit, latent spiritual import, spiritual significance, as distinguished from the mere letter, Rom. 2:29; 7:6; 2 Cor. 3:6, 17; spirit, as a term for a process superior to a merely natural or carnal course of things, by the operation of the Divine Spirit, Rom. 8:4; Gal. 4:29; a spiritual dispensation, or a sealing energy of the Holy Spirit, Heb. 9:14; the Holy Spirit, Mt. 3:16; 12:31; Jn. 1:32, 33; a gift of the Holy Spirit, Jn. 7:39; Acts 19:2; 1 Cor. 14:12; an operation or influence of the Holy Spirit, 1 Cor. 12:3; a spiritual influence, an inspiration, Mt. 22:43; Lk. 2:27; Eph. 1:17; a professedly divine communication, or, a professed possessor of a spiritual communication, 1 Cor. 12:10; 2 Thess. 2:2; 1 Jn. 4:1, 2, 3

Greek-English Concordance for πνεῦμα

James 4:5 Or do you imagine that scripture has no meaning when it says, “God yearns jealously over the spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) that he has placed in us”?
1 Peter 1:2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be yours in ever increasing measure.
1 Peter 1:11 trying to discover what time or manner of time the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) of Christ who was in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
1 Peter 1:12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) sent from heaven — things into which angels long to look.
1 Peter 3:4 but let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut), which in the sight of God is precious.
1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered once for our sins, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut),
1 Peter 3:19 in which also he went and proclaimed to the spirits (pneumasin | πνεύμασιν | dat pl neut) in prison,
1 Peter 4:6 It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged as men in the flesh, they might live as God in the Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut).
1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, that is, the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) of God, is resting on you.
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men borne along by the Holy Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) spoke from God.
1 John 3:24 And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us: by the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) whom he has given to us.
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut), but test the spirits (pneumata | πνεύματα | acc pl neut) to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of God: every spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
1 John 4:3 but every spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming, and now is already in the world.
1 John 4:6 We are from God. The person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of truth and the spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of error.
1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in God and he in us: because he has given us of his Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut).
1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) is the one who testifies, because the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) is the truth.
1 John 5:8 the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) and the water and the blood; and the three are in accord.
Jude 1:19 These are the ones causing division, worldly-minded, and devoid of the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut).
Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut).
Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits (pneumatōn | πνευμάτων | gen pl neut) who are before his throne,
Revelation 1:10 I was in the spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) is saying to the churches. The one who conquers will not be harmed by the second death.
Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name which no one can understand except the one who receives it.

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