πνεῦμα
pneûma
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
Lexicon
Derivation: from G4154 (πνέω);
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
- a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze
- by analogy, or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind
Usage
386 occurrences · 0 OT · 386 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the spirit107 · 28%
- ghost89 · 23%
- spirit77 · 20%
- of the spirit25 · 7%
- spirits23 · 6%
- in the spirit14 · 4%
- in spirit7 · 2%
- a spirit6 · 2%
- the spirits5 · 1%
- with the spirit5 · 1%
- the ghost2 · 1%
- of spirit2 · 1%
- even the spirit2 · 1%
- to the spirit2 · 1%
- that the spirit2 · 1%
- through the spirit2 · 1%
- by the spirit2 · 1%
- of spirits2 · 1%
- against the holy ghost1 · 0%
- the wind1 · 0%
- is a spirit1 · 0%
- with a spirit1 · 0%
- spiritually1 · 0%
- of spiritual1 · 0%
- that spirit1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.