What does πνοή (pnoḗ) mean in the Bible?
πνοή (pnoḗ): Breath or wind as a vital force divinely imparted; divine life-giving principle in Acts.
Greek · G4157
πνοή
Respiration, a breeze
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πνοή G4157
Pronunciation pnoḗ
What does πνοή (pnoḗ) mean in the Bible?
πνοή (pnoḗ): Breath or wind as a vital force divinely imparted; divine life-giving principle in Acts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4157?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include breath (1), wind (1).
Where does πνοή (pnoḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It breath 1× Acts 17:25
wind 1× Acts 2:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:2
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Acts 2
Source forms
πνοὴν 1x pnoēn Acts 17:25
πνοῆς 1x pnoēs Acts 2:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 17:25
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 2:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Breath or wind as a vital force divinely imparted; divine life-giving principle in Acts.
Strong's G4157
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
respiration, a breeze
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πνοῆς pnohv
breath, wind
Read verse Acts 17:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πνοὴν pnohn
breath, wind
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 2:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 17:25 1×
Word Origins
πνοή is built from this root:
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