

the rational spirit, the power by which a human being feels, thinks, wills, decides the soul: τό πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τό ἐν αὐτῷ, 1 Corinthians 2:11 opposed to σάρξ (which see (especially 2 a.)), Matthew 26:41 Mark 14:38 1 Corinthians 5:5 2 Corinthians 7:1 Colossians 2:5 opposed to τό σῶμα, Romans 8:10 1 Corinthians 6:17, 20 Rec. breath) ἀφιέναι τό πνεῦμα, to breathe out the spirit, to expire, Matthew 27:50 cf.
the vital principle by which the body is animated (( Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others see below)): Luke 8:55 Luke 23:46 John 19:30 Acts 7:59 Revelation 13:15 (here R. ( Schmidt, chapter 55, 7 Trench, § lxxiii.))Ģ. Even in classical Greek πνεῦμα became as frequent and as wide in its application as ἄνεμος. Both retain a suggestion of their evident etymology. ( πνεῦμα and πνοή seem to have been in the main coincident terms but πνοή became the more poetic. breath of the nostrils or mouth, often in Greek writings from Aeschylus down: πνεῦμα τοῦ στόματος, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ( Psalm 32:6 ( ), cf. Πνεῦμα, πνεύματος, τό ( πνέω), Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down Hebrew רוּחַ, Latin spiritus i. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4151: πνεῦμα
