Definition:
πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ;] 1) of air in motion; (a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl, Heb.1:7 (LXX); (b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6). 2) Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist, Polyb, al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π, in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16. 3) spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al. 4) An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π, Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl, §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al. 5) Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π, τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π, π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl, §46, 7): anarth, Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al; with art, Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π, Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π, Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π, 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6. SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol, 872). (AS)
Definition:
πνεῦμα, ατος, τό, (πνέω)
blast, wind, first in [
Refs 6th c.BC+]: frequently in Trag, etc, ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; θαλάσσας. πνεύματι λάβρῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is commoner in Poets; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ πρύμναν ἵσταται τὸ π.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ πνεῦμα στῆναι τοῦ ἄρρενος to
leeward of him, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; but κατὰ π. προσιόντες down
wind, [
Refs]; πνεύματος ἀνείλησις, ἐκπύρωσις, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; as an element,
air, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2)
metaphorically, θαλερωτέρῳ π. with more genial
breeze or
influence, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἰδοίῳ π. χώρας with
air or
spirit of respect on the part of the country, [
Refs]; π. ταὐτὸν οὔποτ᾽. ἐν ἀνδράσιν φίλοις βέβηκεν
the wind is constantly changing even among friends, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
breathed air, breath, σάλπιγξ βροτείου πνεύματος πληρουμένη [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐλῶν, λωτοῦ π, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπέρρηξεν βίου
the breath of life, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἄθροισον collect
breath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀφεῖναι, ἀνεῖναι, μεθεῖναι, to give up
the ghost, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πνεύματος διαρροαί the wind-pipe, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
breathing, respiration, frequently in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. προσκόπτον checked, difficult
breathing, Aph.[
Refs]; π. ἄσημον indistinct, feeble
breathing, Epid.[
Refs]; π. βηχῶδες [
Refs]; π. μετέωρον shallow
breathing, Epid.[
Refs]; τὸ π. ἔχειν ἄνω to be out of
breath, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ π. ἀνήνεγκαν recovered their
breath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀναφέρουσιν. κλαίοντά τε καὶ ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ἀνέλκοντα τὸ π. they
sob, [
Refs]
II.2.b)
plural, of the air imagined as filling the veins, πνευμάτων ἀπολήψιες ἀνὰ φλέβας [
Refs]
Acut.(Sp.)[
Refs]
II.3)
flatulence, in
plural, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4)
breath of life, π. ζωῆς [
LXX+1st c.AD+]; π. ἔχειν retain
life, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
living being, ἐγὼ Νίνος πάλαι ποτ᾽ ἐγενόμην π. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐ π. πάντα βρότεια σοὶ (i.e. Πλούτωνι) νέμετα; [
Refs]
II.5)
that which is breathed forth or
exhaled, odour, ὦ θεῖον ὀδμῆς π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. βαρὺ ἀφιεῖσα, of a tree, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.6) Grammars,
breathing with which a vowel is pronounced, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. δασύ, ψιλόν, [
Refs]
III)
divine inspiration, ἄγρια. πνεύματα θευφορίης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV) the
spirit of God, π. θεοῦ [
LXX]: frequently in
NT, τὸ π. τὸ ἅγιον [
NT]
IV.2)
spirit of man, εἴτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο π. θεῖον εἴτε νοῦς [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: in
NT, opposed to ψυχή, [
NT]; τῷ π, opposed to τῷ σώματι, [
NT]; also, opposed to γράμμα, [
NT]
V)
spiritual or
immaterial being, angel, [
NT]; τὰ ἄχραντα π, τὰ κακὰ π, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; π. πονηρόν, ψευδές, [
LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+]; ἀλάλου καὶ κακοῦ π. οὖσα πλήρης (i.e. ἡ Πυθία) [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI) Rhet,
sentence declaimed in one breath, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]