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πνεῦμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πνεῦμα πνεύματος

Structure: πνευματ (Stem)

Etym.: pne/w

Sense

  1. air
  2. wind
  3. breath
  4. (phonology) breathing
  5. life
  6. spirit, soul
  7. spiritual being: spirit, angel
  8. inspiration (often divine inspiration), genius

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ γῆ ἦν ἀόρατοσ καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστοσ, καὶ σκότοσ ἐπάνω τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἐπεφέρετο ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:2)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἰδοὺ ἐπάγω τὸν κατακλυσμόν, ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καταφθεῖραι πᾶσαν σάρκα, ἐν ᾗ ἐστι πνεῦμα ζωῆσ, ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, τελευτήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:17)
  • εἰσῆλθον πρὸσ Νῶε εἰσ τὴν κιβωτόν, δύο δύο ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἀπὸ πάσησ σαρκόσ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστι πνεῦμα ζωῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:15)
  • ΚΑΙ ἀνεμνήσθη ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ Νῶε καὶ πάντων τῶν θηρίων καὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων, ὅσα ἦν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ, καὶ ἐπήγαγεν ὁ Θεὸσ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐκόπασε τὸ ὕδωρ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:1)
  • καὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ πᾶσι τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. μὴ εὑρήσομεν ἄνθρωπον τοιοῦτον, ὃσ ἔχει πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:38)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. οὐ μὴ καταμείνῃ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ τούτοισ εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ σάρκασ, ἔσονται δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν ἔτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. air

  2. wind

  3. breath

  4. breathing

  5. life

  6. spirit

  7. spiritual being

  8. inspiration

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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