For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πνεῦμα
Vocabulary form:
πνεῦμα
Definition:
spirit, Spirit; wind, breath
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
379
GK:
4460
Cognates:
Pneumatology is the study of spiritual beings.
Mnemonics:
I knew it in my spirit!
Mnemonic Singing:
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
oh what a foretaste of glory divine;
heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
Notes:
By "Spirit" we mean the Holy Spirit. Remember, in Greek there are no silent consonants, so the pi is pronounced; unlike in English where, for example, the "p" is not pronounced in the word, "pneumatic."
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 19:13 | But some also of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those having evil spirits (pneumata | πνεύματα | acc pl neut), saying, “I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” |
| Acts 19:15 | But the evil spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) answering said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” |
| Acts 19:16 | And the man in whom was the evil spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) leaped on them, took control and overpowered all seven of them, so that they fled, naked and wounded, out of that house. |
| Acts 19:21 | Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved in spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and on to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” |
| Acts 20:22 | And now, compelled by the Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut), I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, |
| Acts 20:23 | except that the Holy Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) testifies to me, saying that in every city imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me. |
| Acts 20:28 | Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock in which the Holy Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) has placed you overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with the blood of his own Son. |
| Acts 21:4 | After locating the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) not to set foot in Jerusalem. |
| Acts 21:11 | He came to us and, taking Paul’s belt, he tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) says this: ‘This is how the Jews will tie up in Jerusalem the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” |
| Acts 23:8 | (For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel nor spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut), but the Pharisees confess them all.) |
| Acts 23:9 | Then there arose a great uproar, and certain of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested vigorously, saying, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) or an angel has spoken to him?” |
| Acts 28:25 | And not being in harmony among themselves, they departed after Paul made one further statement. “The Holy Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: |
| Romans 1:4 | and was designated Son of God with power according to the spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| Romans 1:9 | For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you |
| Romans 2:29 | But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) and not by the written code. That person’s praise comes not from man but from God. |
| Romans 5:5 | and hope does not disappoint us, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) who was given to us. |
| Romans 7:6 | But now we have been released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) and not under the old written code. |
| Romans 8:2 | For the law of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. |
| Romans 8:4 | so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut). |
| Romans 8:5 | For those who live according to the flesh have set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) have set their minds on the things of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut). |
| Romans 8:6 | To set the mind on the flesh leads to death, but to set the mind on the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) brings life and peace, |
| Romans 8:9 | You, however, are not controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut), if indeed the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) of God lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of Christ does not belong to him. |
| Romans 8:10 | But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) is life because of righteousness. |
| Romans 8:11 | But if the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) who lives in you. |
| Romans 8:13 | for if you live according to the flesh, you will certainly die; but if by the Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. |
| Romans 8:14 | For it is those who are led by the Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) of God who are the sons of God. |
| Romans 8:15 | For you did not receive the spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of slavery leading back to fear, but you received the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of adoption. By him we cry out, “Abba! Father!” |
| Romans 8:16 | The Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) himself bears witness with our spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) that we are children of God, |
| Romans 8:23 | And not only this, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut), groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. |
| Romans 8:26 | In the same way, the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| Romans 8:27 | And God, who searches our hearts, knows the desire of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut), because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. |
| Romans 9:1 | I am telling the truth in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience convinces me in the Holy Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) — |
| Romans 11:8 | as it is written, “God gave them a spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.” |
| Romans 12:11 | do not lag in zeal; be enthusiastic in spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut); serve the Lord; |
| Romans 14:17 | For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut). |
| Romans 15:13 | Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut). |
| Romans 15:16 | to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut). |
| Romans 15:19 | by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) of God, so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled my ministry of proclaiming the gospel of Christ. |
| Romans 15:30 | Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut), to join me in fervent prayer to God on my behalf, |
| 1 Corinthians 2:4 | My word and my message were not delivered with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) and of power, |
| 1 Corinthians 2:10 | But God has revealed them to us through his Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut); for the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) searches everything, even the deep things of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:11 | For who can know the thoughts of a man except the man’s own spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:12 | It was not the spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) of the world that we received, but the Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | acc sg neut) sent from God, that we might understand the gifts freely given to us by God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:13 | And we speak about these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut), expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:14 | The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut) of God, for they are foolishness to him; he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:16 | Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) lives in you? |
| 1 Corinthians 4:21 | What would you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction or with love in a spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut) of gentleness? |
| 1 Corinthians 5:3 | For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit (pneumati | πνεύματι | dat sg neut); and I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as though I were present. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:4 | When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit (pneumatos | πνεύματος | gen sg neut), with the power of our Lord Jesus, |
| 1 Corinthians 5:5 | hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit (pneuma | πνεῦμα | nom sg neut) may be saved on the Day of the Lord. |