4151 – πνεῦμα (pneuma)

Spirit

Description

1. A movement of air (a gentle blast.
   1. Of the wind, hence the wind itself.
   2. Breath of nostrils or mouth.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Of God.
   1. God's power and agency distinguishable in thought from his essence in itself considered.
      1. Manifest in the course of affairs.
      2. By its influence upon the souls productive in the theocratic body (the church) of all the higher spiritual gifts and blessings.
      3. The third person of the trinity, the God the Holy Spirit.
5. The disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one.
   1. The efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

Origin

From G4154:

Word root

Word with pneuma as root:

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into pneuma :

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