spirit, pneuma, G4151

by Krisan Marotta | Aug 8, 2023 | Word Study - Greek

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Strong’s number: G4151

Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #4151 – πνεῦμα

Greek Word: πνεῦμα, ατος, τό

Part of Speech: Noun, neuter

Transliteration: pneuma

Phonetic Spelling: (pnyoo’-mah)

Quick Definition: wind, spirit

Usage: wind, breath, spirit.

Etymology: from the verb G41 5 4 pneó

NASB Translation: breath (3), Spirit (241), spirit (101), spirits (32), spiritual (1), wind (1), winds (1).

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New Testament Usage

380x in 345 verses in the New Testament

Mat 1:18; Mat 1:20; Mat 3:11; Mat 3:16; Mat 4:1; Mat 5:3; Mat 8:16; Mat 10:1; Mat 10:20; Mat 12:18; Mat 12:28; Mat 12:31; Mat 12:32; Mat 12:43; Mat 12:45; Mat 22:43; Mat 26:41; Mat 27:50; Mat 28:19;

Mar 1:8; Mar 1:10; Mar 1:12; Mar 1:23; Mar 1:26; Mar 1:27; Mar 2:8; Mar 3:11; Mar 3:29; Mar 3:30; Mar 5:2; Mar 5:8; Mar 5:13; Mar 6:7; Mar 7:25; Mar 8:12; Mar 9:17; Mar 9:20; Mar 9:25; Mar 12:36; Mar 13:11; Mar 14:38;

Luk 1:15; Luk 1:17; Luk 1:35; Luk 1:41; Luk 1:47; Luk 1:67; Luk 1:80; Luk 2:25; Luk 2:26; Luk 2:27; Luk 3:16; Luk 3:22; Luk 4:1; Luk 4:14; Luk 4:18; Luk 4:33; Luk 4:36; Luk 6:18; Luk 7:21; Luk 8:2; Luk 8:29; Luk 8:55; Luk 9:39; Luk 9:42; Luk 9:55; Luk 10:20; Luk 10:21; Luk 11:13; Luk 11:24; Luk 11:26; Luk 12:10; Luk 12:12; Luk 13:11; Luk 23:46; Luk 24:37; Luk 24:39;

Joh 1:32; Joh 1:33; Joh 3:5; Joh 3:6; Joh 3:8; Joh 3:34; Joh 4:23; Joh 4:24; Joh 6:63; Joh 7:39; Joh 11:33; Joh 13:21; Joh 14:17; Joh 14:26; Joh 15:26; Joh 16:13; Joh 19:30; Joh 20:22;

Act 1:2; Act 1:5; Act 1:8; Act 1:16; Act 2:4; Act 2:17; Act 2:18; Act 2:33; Act 2:38; Act 4:8; Act 4:25; Act 4:31; Act 5:3; Act 5:9; Act 5:16; Act 5:32; Act 6:3; Act 6:5; Act 6:10; Act 7:51; Act 7:55; Act 7:59; Act 8:7; Act 8:15; Act 8:17; Act 8:18; Act 8:19; Act 8:29; Act 8:39; Act 9:17; Act 9:31; Act 10:19; Act 10:38; Act 10:44; Act 10:45; Act 10:47; Act 11:12; Act 11:15; Act 11:16; Act 11:24; Act 11:28; Act 13:2; Act 13:4; Act 13:9; Act 13:52; Act 15:8; Act 15:28; Act 16:6; Act 16:7; Act 16:16; Act 16:18; Act 17:16; Act 18:25; Act 19:2; Act 19:6; Act 19:12; Act 19:13; Act 19:15; Act 19:16; Act 19:21; Act 20:22; Act 20:23; Act 20:28; Act 21:4; Act 21:11; Act 23:8; Act 23:9; Act 28:25;

Rom 1:4; Rom 1:9; Rom 2:29; Rom 5:5; Rom 7:6; Rom 8:2; Rom 8:4; Rom 8:5; Rom 8:6; Rom 8:9; Rom 8:10; Rom 8:11; Rom 8:13; Rom 8:14; Rom 8:15; Rom 8:16; Rom 8:23; Rom 8:26; Rom 8:27; Rom 9:1; Rom 11:8; Rom 12:11; Rom 14:17; Rom 15:13; Rom 15:16; Rom 15:19; Rom 15:30;

1Co 2:4; 1Co 2:10; 1Co 2:11; 1Co 2:12; 1Co 2:13; 1Co 2:14; 1Co 3:16; 1Co 4:21; 1Co 5:3; 1Co 5:4; 1Co 5:5; 1Co 6:11; 1Co 6:17; 1Co 6:19; 1Co 7:34; 1Co 7:40; 1Co 12:3; 1Co 12:4; 1Co 12:7; 1Co 12:8; 1Co 12:9; 1Co 12:10; 1Co 12:11; 1Co 12:13; 1Co 14:2; 1Co 14:12; 1Co 14:14; 1Co 14:15; 1Co 14:16; 1Co 14:32; 1Co 15:45; 1Co 16:18; 2Co 1:22;

2Co 2:13; 2Co 3:3; 2Co 3:6; 2Co 3:8; 2Co 3:17; 2Co 3:18; 2Co 4:13; 2Co 5:5; 2Co 6:6; 2Co 7:1; 2Co 7:13; 2Co 11:4; 2Co 12:18; 2Co 13:14; Gal 3:2; Gal 3:3;

Gal 3:5; Gal 3:14; Gal 4:6; Gal 4:29; Gal 5:5; Gal 5:16; Gal 5:17; Gal 5:18; Gal 5:22; Gal 5:25; Gal 6:1; Gal 6:8; Gal 6:18;

Eph 1:13; Eph 1:17; Eph 2:2; Eph 2:18; Eph 2:22; Eph 3:5; Eph 3:16; Eph 4:3; Eph 4:4; Eph 4:23; Eph 4:30; Eph 5:18; Eph 6:17; Eph 6:18;

Php 1:19; Php 1:27; Php 2:1; Php 3:3; Php 4:23;

Col 1:8; Col 2:5;

1Th 1:5; 1Th 1:6; 1Th 4:8; 1Th 5:19; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 2:2; 2Th 2:8; 2Th 2:13;

1Ti 3:16; 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 1:7; 2Ti 1:14; 2Ti 4:22; Tit 3:5;

Phm 1:25;

Heb 1:7; Heb 1:14; Heb 2:4; Heb 3:7; Heb 4:12; Heb 6:4; Heb 9:8; Heb 9:14; Heb 10:15; Heb 10:29; Heb 12:9; Heb 12:23;

Jas 2:26; Jas 4:5;

1Pe 1:2; 1Pe 1:11; 1Pe 1:12; 1Pe 3:4; 1Pe 3:18; 1Pe 3:19; 1Pe 4:6; 1Pe 4:14; 2Pe 1:21;

1Jn 3:24; 1Jn 4:1; 1Jn 4:2; 1Jn 4:3; 1Jn 4:6; 1Jn 4:13; 1Jn 5:6; 1Jn 5:8;

Jud 1:19; Jud 1:20;

Rev 1:4; Rev 1:10; Rev 2:7; Rev 2:11; Rev 2:17; Rev 2:29; Rev 3:1; Rev 3:6; Rev 3:13; Rev 3:22; Rev 4:2; Rev 4:5; Rev 5:6; Rev 11:11; Rev 13:15; Rev 14:13; Rev 16:13; Rev 16:14; Rev 17:3; Rev 18:2; Rev 19:10; Rev 21:10; Rev 22:6; Rev 22:17.

287x in 263 verses in the Septuagint

Gen 1:2; Gen 6:3; Gen 6:17; Gen 7:15; Gen 8:1; Gen 41:38; Gen 45:27;

Exo 15:8; Exo 15:10; Exo 28:3; Exo 31:3; Exo 35:31;

Num 5:14; Num 5:30; Num 11:17; Num 11:25; Num 11:26; Num 11:29; Num 11:31; Num 14:24; Num 16:22; Num 23:7; Num 24:2; Num 27:16; Num 27:18;

Dt 2:30; Dt 34:9;

Jos 2:11; Jdg 3:10; Jdg 6:34; Jdg 8:3; Jdg 9:23; Jdg 11:29; Jdg 13:25; Jdg 14:6; Jdg 14:19; Jdg 15:14; Jdg 15:19;

1Sa 10:6; 1Sa 10:10; 1Sa 11:6; 1Sa 16:13; 1Sa 16:14; 1Sa 16:15; 1Sa 16:16; 1Sa 16:23; 1Sa 19:9; 1Sa 19:20; 1Sa 19:23; 1Sa 30:12; 2Sa 13:21; 2Sa 13:39; 2Sa 22:16; 2Sa 23:2;

1Ki 17:17; 1Ki 18:12; 1Ki 18:45; 1Ki 19:11; 1Ki 20:4; 1Ki 20:5; 1Ki 22:21; 1Ki 22:22; 1Ki 22:23; 1Ki 22:24; 2Ki 2:9; 2Ki 2:15; 2Ki 2:16; 2Ki 3:17; 2Ki 19:7;

1Ch 5:26; 1Ch 12:19; 1Ch 28:12; 2Ch 15:1; 2Ch 18:20; 2Ch 18:21; 2Ch 18:22; 2Ch 18:23; 2Ch 20:14; 2Ch 24:20; 2Ch 36:22;

Ezr 1:1; Ezr 1:5; Neh 9:20; Neh 9:30; Est 5:1; Job 1:19;

Job 4:9; Job 4:15; Job 7:7; Job 7:15; Job 8:2; Job 10:12; Job 12:10; Job 13:25; Job 15:2; Job 16:3; Job 17:1; Job 20:3; Job 27:3; Job 30:15; Job 32:8; Job 32:18; Job 33:4; Job 34:14; Job 41:8;

Psa 10:6; Psa 17:16; Psa 30:6; Psa 32:6; Psa 33:19; Psa 47:8; Psa 50:12; Psa 50:13; Psa 50:14; Psa 50:19; Psa 75:13; Psa 76:4; Psa 76:7; Psa 77:8; Psa 77:39; Psa 102:16; Psa 103:4; Psa 103:29; Psa 103:30; Psa 105:33; Psa 106:25; Psa 118:131; Psa 134:17; Psa 138:7; Psa 141:4; Psa 142:4; Psa 142:7; Psa 142:10; Psa 145:4; Psa 147:7; Psa 148:8; Pro 15:4;

Ecc 1:6; Ecc 1:14; Ecc 1:17; Ecc 2:11; Ecc 2:17; Ecc 2:26; Ecc 3:19; Ecc 3:21; Ecc 4:4; Ecc 4:6; Ecc 4:16; Ecc 6:9; Ecc 7:8; Ecc 7:9; Ecc 8:8; Ecc 10:4; Ecc 11:5; Ecc 12:7;

Isa 4:4; Isa 7:2; Isa 11:2; Isa 11:3; Isa 11:4; Isa 11:15; Isa 19:3; Isa 19:14; Isa 25:4; Isa 26:9; Isa 26:18; Isa 27:8; Isa 28:6; Isa 29:10; Isa 29:24; Isa 30:1; Isa 30:28; Isa 32:15; Isa 33:11; Isa 34:16; Isa 37:7; Isa 38:12; Isa 42:1; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:3; Isa 48:16; Isa 57:16; Isa 59:21; Isa 61:1; Isa 61:3; Isa 63:10; Isa 63:11; Isa 63:14; Isa 65:14;

Jer 4:11; Jer 4:12; Jer 10:14; Jer 28:11; Jer 28:17; Jer 30:27; Lam 4:20;

Eze 1:4; Eze 1:12; Eze 1:20; Eze 1:21; Eze 2:2; Eze 3:12; Eze 3:14; Eze 3:24; Eze 5:2; Eze 8:3; Eze 10:17; Eze 11:1; Eze 11:5; Eze 11:19; Eze 11:24; Eze 13:11; Eze 18:31; Eze 20:31; Eze 21:12; Eze 27:26; Eze 36:26; Eze 36:27; Eze 37:1; Eze 37:5; Eze 37:6; Eze 37:8; Eze 37:9; Eze 37:10; Eze 37:14; Eze 43:5;

Dan 2:1; Dan 2:3; Dan 2:35; Dan 4:8; Dan 4:9; Dan 4:18; Dan 5:11; Dan 5:12; Dan 5:14; Dan 5:20; Dan 6:4; Dan 7:15;

Hos 4:12; Hos 4:19; Hos 5:4; Hos 12:2; Joe 3:1; Joe 3:2; Amo 4:13; Jon 1:4; Jon 4:8; Mic 2:7; Mic 2:11; Mic 3:8; Hab 1:11; Hab 2:19; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:5; Zec 1:6; Zec 4:6; Zec 5:9; Zec 7:12; Zec 12:1; Zec 12:10; Zec 13:2; Mal 2:15; Mal 2:16.

Englishman’s concordance

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Lexicons

Thayers 4151

the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated
1. the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
2. the soul
a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting
1. a life giving spirit
2. a human soul that has left the body
3. a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
  1. used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
  2. the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
1. the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
a movement of air (a gentle blast)
1. of the wind, hence the wind itself
2. breath of nostrils or mouth

Strongs 4151: From G4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit: – ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590.

Mounce 4151: 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

Related Words: G4152 (adj); G4153 (adv); G4154 (verb)

Hebrew equivalent word(s): Strong #: 5397 ‑ נְשָׁמָה (nesh‑aw‑maw’); 6921 ‑ קָדִם (kaw‑deem’, kaw‑deem’); 7307 ‑ רוּחַ (roo’‑akh); 7602 ‑ שָׁאַף (shaw‑af’);

Precepts Austin: pneuma

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