πνεῦμα
spirit
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
Gender
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Genitive, Singular, Neuter 96 times (25%)
- Noun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter 94 times (25%)
- Noun, Dative, Singular, Neuter 91 times (24%)
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter 64 times (17%)
- Noun, Genitive, Plural, Neuter 11 times (3%)
- Noun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter 10 times (3%)
- Noun, Nominative, Plural, Neuter 8 times (2%)
- Noun, Dative, Plural, Neuter 5 times (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 379 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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1 Corinthians 32 verses
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:17 πνεῦμά n nom sg neut But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19 πνεύματός n gen sg neut Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
- 1 Corinthians 7:34 πνεύματι n dat sg neut There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world--how she may please her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:40 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:3 πνεύματι πνεύματι n dat sg neut n dat sg neut Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:7 πνεύματος n gen sg neut But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
- 1 Corinthians 12:8 πνεύματος πνεῦμα n gen sg neut n acc sg neut For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
- 1 Corinthians 12:9 πνεύματι πνεύματι n dat sg neut n dat sg neut to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;
- 1 Corinthians 12:10 πνευμάτων n gen pl neut and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
- 1 Corinthians 12:11 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 πνεύματι πνεῦμα n dat sg neut n acc sg neut For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 14:2 πνεύματι n dat sg neut For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 πνευμάτων n gen pl neut So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
- 1 Corinthians 14:14 πνεῦμά n nom sg neut For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 πνεύματι πνεύματι n dat sg neut n dat sg neut What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn't know what you say?
- 1 Corinthians 14:32 πνεύματα n nom pl neut The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 16:18 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.
2 Corinthians 15 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:22 πνεύματος n gen sg neut who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
- 2 Corinthians 2:13 πνεύματί n dat sg neut I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn't find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3 πνεύματι n dat sg neut being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 πνεύματος πνεῦμα n gen sg neut n nom sg neut who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:8 πνεύματος n gen sg neut won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 πνεῦμά πνεῦμα n nom sg neut n nom sg neut Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 πνεύματος n gen sg neut But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
- 2 Corinthians 5:5 πνεύματος n gen sg neut Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 6:6 πνεύματι n dat sg neut in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 πνεύματος n gen sg neut Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:13 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
- 2 Corinthians 11:4 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different gospel, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.
- 2 Corinthians 12:18 πνεύματι n dat sg neut I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps?
- 2 Corinthians 13:13 πνεύματος n gen sg neut All the saints greet you.
Galatians 15 verses
- Galatians 3:2 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
- Galatians 3:3 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
- Galatians 3:5 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
- Galatians 3:14 πνεύματος n gen sg neut that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
- Galatians 4:6 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
- Galatians 4:29 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
- Galatians 5:5 πνεύματι n dat sg neut For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
- Galatians 5:16 πνεύματι n dat sg neut But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
- Galatians 5:17 πνεύματος πνεῦμα n gen sg neut n nom sg neut For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
- Galatians 5:18 πνεύματι n dat sg neut But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- Galatians 5:22 πνεύματός n gen sg neut But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Galatians 5:25 πνεύματι πνεύματι n dat sg neut n dat sg neut If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.
- Galatians 6:1 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.
- Galatians 6:8 πνεῦμα πνεύματος n acc sg neut n gen sg neut For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Galatians 6:18 πνεύματος n gen sg neut The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
Ephesians 14 verses
- Ephesians 1:13 πνεύματι n dat sg neut in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
- Ephesians 1:17 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
- Ephesians 2:2 πνεύματος n gen sg neut in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
- Ephesians 2:18 πνεύματι n dat sg neut For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Ephesians 2:22 πνεύματι n dat sg neut in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
- Ephesians 3:5 πνεύματι n dat sg neut which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
- Ephesians 3:16 πνεύματος n gen sg neut that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
- Ephesians 4:3 πνεύματος n gen sg neut being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Ephesians 4:4 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
- Ephesians 4:23 πνεύματι n dat sg neut and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
- Ephesians 4:30 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Ephesians 5:18 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Ephesians 6:17 πνεύματος n gen sg neut And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
- Ephesians 6:18 πνεύματι n dat sg neut with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
Philippians 5 verses
- Philippians 1:19 πνεύματος n gen sg neut For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
- Philippians 1:27 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Gospel of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Gospel;
- Philippians 2:1 πνεύματος n gen sg neut If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
- Philippians 3:3 πνεύματι n dat sg neut For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
- Philippians 4:23 πνεύματος n gen sg neut The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Colossians 2 verses
1 Thessalonians 5 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 πνεύματι n dat sg neut and that our Gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 πνεύματος n gen sg neut You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut Therefore he who rejects doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut Don't quench the Spirit.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 3 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2 πνεύματος n gen sg neut not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the brightness of his coming;
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 πνεύματος n gen sg neut But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
1 Timothy 2 verses
- 1 Timothy 3:16 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory.
- 1 Timothy 4:1 πνεῦμα πνεύμασιν n nom sg neut n dat pl neut But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 Timothy 3 verses
- 2 Timothy 1:7 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- 2 Timothy 1:14 πνεύματος n gen sg neut That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
- 2 Timothy 4:22 πνεύματός n gen sg neut The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Titus 1 verse
Philemon 1 verse
Hebrews 12 verses
- Hebrews 1:7 πνεύματα n acc pl neut Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, And his servants a flame of fire."
- Hebrews 1:14 πνεύματα n nom pl neut Aren't they all ministering spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
- Hebrews 2:4 πνεύματος n gen sg neut God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
- Hebrews 3:7 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice,
- Hebrews 4:12 πνεύματος n gen sg neut For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Hebrews 6:4 πνεύματος n gen sg neut For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
- Hebrews 9:8 πνεύματος n gen sg neut The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
- Hebrews 9:14 πνεύματος n gen sg neut how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Hebrews 10:15 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
- Hebrews 10:29 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
- Hebrews 12:9 πνευμάτων n gen pl neut Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
- Hebrews 12:23 πνεύμασι n dat pl neut to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
James 2 verses
1 Peter 8 verses
- 1 Peter 1:2 πνεύματος n gen sg neut according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled in his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
- 1 Peter 1:11 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
- 1 Peter 1:12 πνεύματι n dat sg neut To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
- 1 Peter 3:4 πνεύματος n gen sg neut but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
- 1 Peter 3:18 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- 1 Peter 3:19 πνεύμασιν n dat pl neut in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
- 1 Peter 4:6 πνεύματι n dat sg neut For to this end was the Gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.
- 1 Peter 4:14 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
2 Peter 1 verse
1 John 8 verses
- 1 John 3:24 πνεύματος n gen sg neut He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
- 1 John 4:1 πνεύματι πνεύματα n dat sg neut n acc pl neut Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 1 John 4:2 πνεῦμα πνεῦμα n acc sg neut n nom sg neut By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
- 1 John 4:3 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
- 1 John 4:6 πνεῦμα πνεῦμα n acc sg neut n acc sg neut We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
- 1 John 4:13 πνεύματος n gen sg neut By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
- 1 John 5:6 πνεῦμά πνεῦμά n nom sg neut n nom sg neut This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
- 1 John 5:8 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
Jude 2 verses
Revelation 24 verses
- Revelation 1:4 πνευμάτων n gen pl neut John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
- Revelation 1:10 πνεύματι n dat sg neut I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
- Revelation 2:7 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
- Revelation 2:11 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
- Revelation 2:17 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
- Revelation 2:29 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
- Revelation 3:1 πνεύματα n acc pl neut "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
- Revelation 3:6 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
- Revelation 3:13 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
- Revelation 3:22 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."
- Revelation 4:2 πνεύματι n dat sg neut Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
- Revelation 4:5 πνεύματα n nom pl neut Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 5:6 πνεύματα n nom pl neut I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 11:11 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.
- Revelation 13:15 πνεῦμα n acc sg neut It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
- Revelation 14:13 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."
- Revelation 16:13 πνεύματα n acc pl neut I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
- Revelation 16:14 πνεύματα n nom pl neut for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
- Revelation 17:3 πνεύματι n dat sg neut He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 18:2 πνεύματος n gen sg neut He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!
- Revelation 19:10 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."
- Revelation 21:10 πνεύματι n dat sg neut He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
- Revelation 22:6 πνευμάτων n gen pl neut He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."
- Revelation 22:17 πνεῦμα n nom sg neut The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
About this entry
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πνευμα (pneûma) is a Greek noun most often rendered “spirit.” The King James Version also renders it “ghost,” a usage modern versions have dropped for “spirit” — see the renderings breakdown. With 344 verses in 25 books, it is a common word in the Greek New Testament. It first appears in Matthew 1:18. Ranging over 5 senses, it is not a single-sense word. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G4151 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 344
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 344 distinct verses.
- 25 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 25 of 27 New Testament books.
- #48
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 48 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 344 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Acts 68 verses 20%
- Luke 35 verses 10%
- 1 Corinthians 32 verses 9%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 344 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 125 verses · 36%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 103 verses · 30%
- Gospels 94 verses · 27%
- Johannine 50 verses · 15%
- Revelation 24 verses · 7%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 21 verses · 6%
- Hebrews 12 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Spirit 254×, Ghost 91×, Spirits 32×
- American Standard Version: Spirit 322×, The 43×, Spirits 31×
- Berean Standard Bible: Spirit 335×, Spirits 32×, Breath 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Spirit 339×, The 62×, Spirits 34×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G4151 across 385 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G4151 across 428 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G4151 across 378 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G4151 across 462 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 5 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- 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
- a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing,…
- the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
- a movement of air (a gentle blast)
Word origin
Derived from πνεω (pnéō) (G4154) — to breathe.
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 .
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 10 distinct written forms G4151 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πνεῦμα pneûma | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 10:20 | 145 |
| πνεύματος pneúmatos | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 1:18 | 90 |
| πνεύματι pneúmati | Noun, Dative, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 3:11 | 88 |
| πνεύματα pneúmata | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Neuter | Matthew 8:16 | 18 |
| πνεῦμά pneûmá | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter | Luke 1:47 | 13 |
| πνευμάτων pneumátōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Neuter | Matthew 10:1 | 11 |
| πνεύματός pneúmatós | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Neuter | Matthew 1:20 | 6 |
| πνεύμασιν pneúmasin | Noun, Dative, Plural, Neuter | Luke 4:36 | 3 |
| πνεύματί pneúmatí | Noun, Dative, Singular, Neuter | Romans 1:9 | 3 |
| πνεύμασι pneúmasi | Noun, Dative, Plural, Neuter | Mark 1:27 | 2 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G4151, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Shares the same root
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word πνευμα appears 285 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 261 verses in 31 books.
- 285
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 261
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:2 πνεῦμα
- Exodus 15:8 πνεῦμα
- Numbers 5:14 πνεῦμα
- Deuteronomy 2:30 πνεῦμα
- Joshua 2:11 πνεῦμα
- Judges 3:10 πνεῦμα
- 1 Samuel 10:6 πνεῦμα
- 2 Samuel 13:21 πνεῦμα
- 1 Kings 17:17 πνεῦμα
- 2 Kings 2:9 πνεῦμα
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 πνεῦμα
- 2 Chronicles 15:1 πνεῦμα
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G4151) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 261. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:2 πνεῦμα Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 6:3 πνεῦμα Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:17 πνεῦμα I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 7:15 πνεῦμα They went to Noah into the ark, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
- Genesis 8:1 πνεῦμα God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Genesis 41:38 πνεῦμα Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
- Genesis 45:27 πνεῦμα They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.
- Exodus 15:8 πνεῦμα With the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Exodus 15:10 πνεῦμα You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Exodus 28:3 πνεῦμα You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 31:3 πνεῦμα and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
- Exodus 35:31 πνεῦμα He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
- Numbers 5:14 πνεῦμα and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled:
- Numbers 5:30 πνεῦμα or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
- Numbers 11:17 πνεῦμα I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
- Numbers 11:25 πνεῦμα Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
- Numbers 11:26 πνεῦμα But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
- Numbers 11:29 πνεῦμα Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!
- Numbers 11:31 πνεῦμα There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
- Numbers 14:24 πνεῦμα but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Numbers 16:22 πνεῦμα They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
- Numbers 23:7 πνεῦμα He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
- Numbers 24:2 πνεῦμα Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
- Numbers 27:16 πνεῦμα Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
- Numbers 27:18 πνεῦμα Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
- Deuteronomy 2:30 πνεῦμα But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 34:9 πνεῦμα Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Joshua 2:11 πνεῦμα As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
- Judges 3:10 πνεῦμα The Spirit of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
- Judges 6:34 πνεῦμα But the Spirit of Yahweh came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
- Judges 8:3 πνεῦμα God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Judges 9:23 πνεῦμα God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
- Judges 11:29 πνεῦμα Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
- Judges 13:25 πνεῦμα The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Judges 14:6 πνεῦμα The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he didn't tell his father or his mother what he had done.
- Judges 14:19 πνεῦμα The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of clothing] to those who declared the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
- Judges 15:14 πνεῦμα When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
- Judges 15:19 πνεῦμα But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore the name of it was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
- 1 Samuel 10:6 πνεῦμα and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
- 1 Samuel 10:10 πνεῦμα When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
- 1 Samuel 11:6 πνεῦμα The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
- 1 Samuel 16:13 πνεῦμα Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 16:14 πνεῦμα Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
- 1 Samuel 16:15 πνεῦμα Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 πνεῦμα Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
- 1 Samuel 16:23 πνεῦμα It happened, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
- 1 Samuel 19:9 πνεῦμα An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
- 1 Samuel 19:20 πνεῦμα Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
- 1 Samuel 19:23 πνεῦμα He went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 30:12 πνεῦμα They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G4151) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
