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:
1 Corinthians 16:18: "For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge"
2 Corinthians 1:22: "given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts."
2 Corinthians 2:13: "no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus"
2 Corinthians 3:3: "not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in"
2 Corinthians 3:6: "testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter"
2 Corinthians 3:6: "letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
2 Corinthians 3:8: "the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?"
2 Corinthians 3:17: "the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit"
2 Corinthians 3:17: "and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
2 Corinthians 3:18: "glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 4:13: "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed,"
2 Corinthians 5:5: "who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit."
2 Corinthians 6:6: "kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"
2 Corinthians 7:1: "filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear"
2 Corinthians 7:13: "joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you"
2 Corinthians 11:4: "or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or"
2 Corinthians 12:18: "we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?"
2 Corinthians 13:14: "communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen."
Galatians 3:2: "you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or"
Galatians 3:3: "ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"
Galatians 3:5: "He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles"
Galatians 3:14: "the promise of the Spirit through faith."
Galatians 4:6: "God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your"
Galatians 4:29: "persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now."
Galatians 5:5: "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Galatians 5:16: "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust"
Galatians 5:17: "lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against"
Galatians 5:17: "Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and"
Galatians 5:18: "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."
Galatians 5:22: "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,"
Galatians 5:25: "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
Galatians 5:25: "in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
Galatians 6:1: "restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest"
Galatians 6:8: "he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap"
Galatians 6:8: "Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
Galatians 6:18: "Christ be with your spirit. Amen."
Ephesians 1:13: "after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,"
Ephesians 1:17: "of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in"
Ephesians 2:2: "power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in"
Ephesians 2:18: "access by one Spirit unto the Father."
Ephesians 2:22: "a habitation of God through the Spirit."
Ephesians 3:5: "and prophets by the Spirit;"
Ephesians 3:16: "with might by his Spirit in the inner man;"
Ephesians 4:3: "the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
Ephesians 4:4: "body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one"
Ephesians 4:23: "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;"
Ephesians 4:30: "not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed"
Ephesians 5:9: "the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and"
Ephesians 5:18: "is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;"
Ephesians 6:17: "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"
