πνεῦμα | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

πνεῦμα, -ματος, τό

Definition

spirit, Spirit; wind, breath; inner life

Erasmian

Modern

Root

πνευματ

Frequency

379

4460

Cognates

Pneumatology is the study of spiritual beings.

Mnemonics

I knew it in my spirit!

Mnemonic Singing

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
oh what a foretaste of glory divine;
heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.

Song

Verse

“Unless one is born of water and πνεῦμα, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)

“The πνεῦμα blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it is coming from or where it is going.” (John 3:8)

Notes

By "Spirit" we mean the Holy Spirit. Remember, in Greek there are no silent consonants, so the pi is pronounced; unlike in English where, for example, the "p" is not pronounced in the word, "pneumatic."

Biblical Concordance

Luke 24:39	Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
John 1:32	Then John testified, saying, “I saw the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| acc sg neut) coming down as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
John 1:33	I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| acc sg neut) descending and remaining it is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ (pneumati \| πνεύματι \| dat sg neut)
John 3:5	Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless one is born of water and Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut), he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:6	What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut) is spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut).
John 3:8	The wind (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it is coming from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut)
John 3:34	For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| acc sg neut) in a limited measure.
John 4:23	But the hour is coming, and is here already, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit (pneumati \| πνεύματι \| dat sg neut) and in truth; for indeed the Father is seeking just such people to be his worshipers.
John 4:24	God is spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut), and those who worship him must worship in spirit (pneumati \| πνεύματι \| dat sg neut) and in truth.”
John 6:63	It is the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) who gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) and life.
John 7:39	Now he said this about the Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut), which those who believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 11:33	When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit (pneumati \| πνεύματι \| dat sg neut) and greatly distressed.
John 13:21	After saying these things, Jesus became troubled in spirit (pneumati \| πνεύματι \| dat sg neut), and testified, “I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
John 14:17	the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| acc sg neut) of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you will know him, for he will dwell with you and will be in you.
John 14:26	But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut), whom the Father will send in my name, will instruct you regarding all things, and cause you to remember everything that I have told you.
John 15:26	“But when the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) of truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 16:13	But when he, the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own, but will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you things yet to come.
John 19:30	When he had taken the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is accomplished!” And he bowed his head and handed over his spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| acc sg neut).
John 20:22	Having said this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| acc sg neut).
Acts 1:2	until the day when, having given commands through the Holy Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut) to the apostles he had chosen, he was taken up;
Acts 1:5	for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit (pneumati \| πνεύματι \| dat sg neut) not many days from now.”
Acts 1:8	But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut) has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:16	“My brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Acts 2:4	And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut), and they began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit (pneuma \| πνεῦμα \| nom sg neut) gave them utterance.
Acts 2:17	‘And it will be in the last days,’ declares God, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit (pneumatos \| πνεύματος \| gen sg neut) on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.