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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

  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἕωσ ὧδε καὶ ὧδε καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸσ συνεσκότασε νεφέλαισ καὶ πνεύματι, καὶ ἐγένετο ὑετὸσ μέγασ. καὶ ἔκλαιε καὶ ἐπορεύετο Ἀχαὰβ ἕωσ Ἰεζράελ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 18:44)
  • καὶ εἶπεν. ἐξελεύσῃ αὔριον καὶ στήσῃ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ἐν τῷ ὄρει. ἰδοὺ παρελεύσεται Κύριοσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πνεῦμα μέγα κραταιὸν διαλῦον ὄρη καὶ συντρίβον πέτρασ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, οὐκ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι Κύριοσ. καὶ μετὰ τὸ πνεῦμα συσσεισμόσ, οὐκ ἐν τῷ συσσεισμῷ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 19:11)
  • καὶ τὸ παράδειγμα, ὃ εἶχεν ἐν πνεύματι αὐτοῦ, τῶν αὐλῶν οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ πάντων τῶν παστοφορίων τῶν κύκλῳ τῶν εἰσ τὰσ ἀποθήκασ οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἀποθηκῶν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ τῶν καταλυμάτων (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 28:12)
  • τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ Κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματοσ αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 32:6)
  • ἐγγὺσ Κύριοσ τοῖσ συντετριμμένοισ τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τοὺσ ταπεινοὺσ τῷ πνεύματι σώσει. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 33:19)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαβῆναι αὐτοὺσ καὶ Ἠλιοὺ εἶπε πρὸσ Ἑλισαιέ. αἴτησαι τί ποιήσω σοι πρὶν ἢ ἀναληφθῆναί με ἀπὸ σοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαιέ. γενηθήτω δὴ διπλᾶ ἐν πνεύματί σου ἐπ̓ ἐμέ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 2:9)
  • καὶ εἵλκυσασ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ ἔτη πολλὰ καὶ ἐπεμαρτύρω αὐτοῖσ ἐν πνεύματί σου ἐν χειρὶ προφητῶν σου. καὶ οὐκ ἠνωτίσαντο, καὶ ἔδωκασ αὐτοὺσ ἐν χειρὶ λαῶν τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 9:30)

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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