What does ἑπτά · ἕτερος · πνεῦμα mean in the Bible?
ἑπτά · ἕτερος · πνεῦμα is a Greek phrase meaning "seven other spirits".
Greek · G2033, G2087, G4151
ἑπτὰ ἕτερα πνεύματα
Seven · (an-, the) other or different · spirit/breath: spirit
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ἑπτά G2033 seven
Pronunciation heptá
Literal numeral seven; in NT often carries symbolic theological weight signifying completeness or perfection.
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ἕτερος G2087 (an-, the) other or different
Pronunciation héteros
Denotes the second of a pair, or another of different kind; encroaches on ἄλλος in later Greek.
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πνεῦμα G4151 spirit/breath: spirit
Pronunciation pneûma
Spirit as the immaterial dimension of human existence, or God's transformative power, distinct from soul and body.
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What does ἑπτὰ ἕτερα πνεύματα (hepta hetera pneumata) mean in the Bible?
ἑπτά · ἕτερος · πνεῦμα is a Greek phrase meaning "seven other spirits".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2033, G2087, G4151?
G2033, G2087, G4151 is connected to 88 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. seven other spirits
Source Gloss
seven other spirits
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 88 Case pattern Accusative (34) Number pattern Plural (80)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 22:25 · Mark 12:20 · Mark 12:22 · Mark 12:23 · Luke 20:29 · Luke 20:31 · Luke 20:33 · Acts 19:14 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 8:6 · Rev 15:6 · Rev 17:9 12×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 21:27 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 4:5 · Rev 8:2 · Rev 10:3 · Rev 10:4 · Rev 11:13 · Rev 15:8 · Rev 17:9 11×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Luke 8:2 · Rev 4:5 · Rev 5:6 · Rev 17:9 4×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 22:26 · Matt 22:28 · Acts 21:8 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 15:8 · Rev 17:1 · Rev 17:11 · Rev 21:9 8×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Rev 1:20 · Rev 2:1 · Rev 6:1 · Rev 21:9 4×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 18:22 · Rev 1:4 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Rev 1:4 · Rev 1:11 · Rev 5:1 3×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 15:7 · Rev 16:1 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:37 · Mark 8:8 · Mark 8:20 · Acts 20:6 · Acts 21:4 · Acts 28:14 · Heb 11:30 · Rev 1:12 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 5:5 · Rev 8:6 · Rev 12:3 · Rev 13:1 · Rev 15:1 · Rev 15:6 · Rev 15:7 21×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:34 · Matt 15:36 · Matt 16:10 · Mark 8:5 · Mark 8:6 · Mark 8:20 · Acts 6:3 · Rev 1:16 · Rev 2:1 · Rev 3:1 · Rev 5:6 · Rev 8:2 · Rev 15:1 13×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain