Word study · Greek
pneuma
spirit, breath, wind
Say it: PNYOO-mah (approximate)
πνεῦμα
What it means
Breath, wind, or spirit. Jesus plays on the double meaning in 3:8 ("the wind blows where it wants") and says "God is spirit" (4:24).
Range of meaning
- SpiritThe Holy Spirit, or a spirit being.
- BreathLife, the breath of a person.
- WindMoving air.
In John
- Chapter 3
"Born of the Spirit," and the wind blowing where it wants (3:5-8).
- Chapter 4
"God is spirit" (4:23-24).
- Chapter 7
"He said this about the Spirit" (7:39).
Every verse (18)
- John 1:32
- John 1:33
- John 3:5
- John 3:6
- John 3:8
- John 3:34
- John 4:23
- John 4:24
- John 6:63
- John 7:39
- John 11:33
- John 13:21
- John 14:17
- John 14:26
- John 15:26
- John 16:13
- John 19:30
- John 20:22
Verses where G4151G or G4151H is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources