Strong's #4151: pneuma (pronounced pnyoo'-mah)
from 4154; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit:--ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind. Compare 5590.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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pneuma
1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
1a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the \\\\Holy\\\\ Spirit)
1b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of \\\\Truth\\\\)
1c) never referred to as a depersonalised force
2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated
2a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
2b) 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
3a) a life giving spirit
3b) a human soul that has left the body
3c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
3c1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
3c2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
4a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
5) a movement of air (a gentle blast)
5a) of the wind, hence the wind itself
5b) breath of nostrils or mouth
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Relation: from G4154
Citing in TDNT: 6:332, 876
Usage:
This word is used 385 times:
Luke 2:26: "by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before"
Luke 2:27: "he came by the Spirit into the temple: and"
Luke 2:40: "grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace"
Luke 3:16: "you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:"
Luke 3:22: "And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like"
Luke 4:1: "Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and"
Luke 4:1: "was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,"
Luke 4:14: "the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out"
Luke 4:18: " The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me"
Luke 4:33: "there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out"
Luke 4:36: "power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out."
Luke 6:18: "they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed."
Luke 7:21: "plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave"
Luke 8:2: "healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called"
Luke 8:29: "he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man."
Luke 8:55: "And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and"
Luke 9:39: "And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out;"
Luke 9:42: "Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the"
Luke 9:55: "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are"
Luke 10:20: "not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather"
Luke 10:21: "hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee,"
Luke 11:13: "shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"
Luke 11:24: "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh"
Luke 11:26: "taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in,"
Luke 12:10: "unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven."
Luke 12:12: "For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the"
Luke 13:11: "there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen"
Luke 23:46: "hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."
Luke 24:37: "affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit."
Luke 24:39: "and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and"
John 1:32: "saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like"
John 1:33: "whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining"
John 1:33: "is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost."
John 3:5: "of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into"
John 3:6: "that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
John 3:6: "the Spirit is spirit."
John 3:8: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the"
John 3:8: "every one that is born of the Spirit."
John 3:34: "giveth not the Spirit by measure"
John 4:23: "the Father in spirit and in truth: for the"
John 4:24: "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in"
John 4:24: "must worship him in spirit and in truth."
John 6:63: "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth"
John 6:63: "speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
John 7:39: "spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him"
John 7:39: "receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus"
John 11:33: "her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled."
John 13:21: "had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said,"
John 14:17: "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot"
John 14:26: "Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send"
