πνεῦμα pneuma

Greek word for “spirit/breath” · Strong’s G4151 · used 379 times in 344 verses

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Meaning

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό; 1. of air in motion;

Senses in the lexicon

• spirit/breath: spirit (373)
• spirit/breath: breath (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for pneuma in context, with how often each is used:

• spirit 339
• spirits 31
• breath 2
• over spirits 1
• his spirit 1
• spirit that 1
• spiritual gifts 1
• through the spirit 1
• wind 1
• winds 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 8 (14), 1 Corinthians 12 (8), Luke 1 (7), Acts 8 (7), Acts 19 (7), Matthew 12 (6), Mark 1 (6), 1 Corinthians 2 (6), 1 Corinthians 14 (6), Galatians 5 (6)

Forms

• πνεῦμα 145
• πνεύματος 90
• πνεύματι 88
• πνεύματα 18
• πνεῦμά 13
• πνευμάτων 11
• πνεύματός 6
• πνεύμασιν 5
• πνεύματί 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pneuma more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 94
• ἀκάθαρτος akathartos “unclean” 23
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 25
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 27
• κατά kata “according to” 26
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 17
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 24
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 21
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 20
• μέν men “on the other hand” 18
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 14
• πατήρ patēr “father” 21

Key verses

The verses using pneuma that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach…
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath…
• Galatians 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Ephesians 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
• 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…
• 1 Timothy 4:1 — Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• Hebrews 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• 1 Peter 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace…
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.