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pneuma

pneuma {pnyoo'-mah}
Greek: noun neuter

Possible Definitions:
1) a movement of air (a gentle blast
1a) of the wind; hence the wind itself
1b) breath of nostrils or mouth
2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated; the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides; the soul
3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting
3a) a life giving spirit
3b) a human soul that has left the body
3c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel; used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men; the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
4) of God, i.e. God's power and agency distinguishable in thought from his essence in itself considered,—manifest in the course of affairs, and by its influence upon the souls productive in the theocratic body (the church) of all the higher spiritual gifts and blessings; the third person of the trinity, the Holy Ghost
5) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one; the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

pneuma {pnyoo'-mah}

Greek: noun neuter

from 4154;

Translated as:

Spirit (111 times)

Holy Ghost (89 times)

Spirit (of God) (13 times)

Spirit (of the Lord) (5 times)

(My) Spirit (3 times)

Spirit (of truth) (3 times)

Spirit (of Christ) (2 times)

human (spirit) (49 times)

(evil) spirit (47 times)

spirit (general) (26 times)

spirit (8 times)

(Jesus' own) spirit (6 times)

(Jesus' own) ghost (2 times)

misc (21 times)

Total: 385 times

Strong's Number 4151

TDNT - 6:332,876