Word study · Greek
theópneustos
God-breathed
Say it: theh-OP-nyoo-stos (approximate)
θεόπνευστος
What it means
God-breathed (theos "God" plus pneō "breathe"). In 3:16, "every Scripture is God-breathed." It appears only here, in the whole New Testament. It can be read as "breathed out by God" or "inspired by God," and whether the phrase means "all Scripture is God-breathed" or "every God-breathed Scripture is useful" is a matter of grammar that has been argued.
Open question Debated
Range of meaning
- God-breathedBreathed out by God.
- InspiredGiven by God.
In 2 Timothy
- Chapter 3
"God-breathed" (3:16). The word appears only here.
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2315 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources