πνευματικός pneumatikos
Greek word for “spiritual” · Strong’s G4152 · used 26 times in 21 verses
Meaning
πνευματικός, -ή, -όν;
How it is translated
Glosses given for pneumatikos in context, with how often each is used:
- spiritual 19
- spiritual things 2
- spiritual gifts 2
- spiritual means 1
- spiritual ones 1
- spiritual forces 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Corinthians | 15 | 2.2 | |
| Romans | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Ephesians | 3 | 1.2 | |
| Colossians | 2 | 1.3 | |
| 1 Peter | 2 | 1.2 | |
| Galatians | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Corinthians 2 (2), 1 Corinthians 10 (2), 1 Corinthians 14 (2), 1 Corinthians 15 (2), Romans 1 (1), Romans 7 (1), Romans 15 (1), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 9 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1)
Forms
- πνευματικὸν 4
- πνευματικοῖς 3
- πνευματικὰ 3
- πνευματικόν 3
- πνευματικός 2
- πνευματικὸς 2
- πνευματικῇ 2
- πνευματικαῖς 2
- πνευματικῆς 1
- πνευματικῶν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pneumatikos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ὕμνος humnos “hymn” 2
- σοφία sophia “wisdom” 3
- σάρκινος sarkinos “fleshly” 2
- ψυχικός psuchikos “natural” 2
- ᾄδω adō “to sing” 2
- ᾠδή ōdē “song” 2
- σαρκικός sarkikos “fleshly” 2
- ψαλμός psalmos “psalm” 2
- ἐπουράνιος epouranios “heavenly” 2
- εἰ ei “if” 4
- σπείρω speirō “to sow” 2
- λαλέω laleō “to speak” 3
Key verses
The verses using pneumatikos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Romans 1:11 — For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
- Romans 7:14 — For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- 1 Corinthians 2:15 — But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4 — And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 14:1 — Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
- Galatians 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be…
- Ephesians 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
- Ephesians 5:19 — Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- Ephesians 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual…
- Colossians 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all…
- Colossians 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in…
- 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
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.