Strong G4154πνέω
to blow
- Transliteration
- pneō
- Pronunciation
- pneh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary word; to breathe hard that is breeze : - blow. Compare G5594 .
Detailed definition
πνέω
[in LXX: Psa.147:7 (18) (נָשַׁב hi.), Isa.40:24 (נָשַׁף), Sir.43:16, 20, Ep. Je 61, 2Ma.9:7 *;]
to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mat.7:25, 27, Luk.12:55, Jhn.3:8 6:18, Rev.7:1; ηῇ πνεούσῃ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐν-, ὑπο-πνέω).†
αὔρα, a breeze : τ. πνεούσῇ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Psa.147:7 (18) (נָשַׁב hi.), Isa.40:24 (נָשַׁף), Sir.43:16, 20, Ep. Je 61, 2Ma.9:7 *;]
to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mat.7:25, 27, Luk.12:55, Jhn.3:8 6:18, Rev.7:1; ηῇ πνεούσῃ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐν-, ὑπο-πνέω).†
αὔρα, a breeze : τ. πνεούσῇ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4154 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blow4
- blew1
- bloweth1
- wind1
First verses
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Luke 12:55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
- John 3:8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
- John 6:18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- Revelation 7:1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πνέω,
poetry πνείω as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus except 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.469:)]future πνεύσομαι (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 886 (Lyric poetry), (ἐμ-) [prev. author] “Andr.” 555, (παρα-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.133)]; also πνευσοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1221, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367a13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 34, 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 17; πνεύσω 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 32, LXX.Psa.147.7(18), LXX.Sir.43.20, “Geoponica” 1.12.34, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.112 (1st c.BC: Antipater Thessalonicensis Epigrammaticus), (ἀνα-) 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 13.516 (συμ-πνευσόντων)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169))]: aorist 1 ἔπνευσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 506, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20, etc., (ἐν-) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.456, (ἀν-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 274:)]perfect πέπνευκα (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 262d, (ἐκ-) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 904a1:)] —passive, future πνευσθήσομαι (δια-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1:)]aorist ἐπνεύσθην (δι-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.5.6, etc.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and early Prose writers use the simple Verb only in)]present and imperfect, to which Trag. add future and aorist 1 active —For the form ἄμπνυε, see. {ἀναπνέω}; for ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο, see at {ἄμπνυτο}; and for perfect passive πέπνῡμαι, participle πεπνῡμένος, see at {πέπνυμαι}.—Like other disyllable Verbs in -έω, this Verb contracts only εε, εε; but ἐκπνέων is disyllable in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1493, 1517 (both Lyric poetry))]:—blow, of wind and air, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.361; αὔρη δ᾽ ἐκ ποταμοῦ ψυχρὴ πνέει 5.469; ἐτησίαι.. οὐκ ἔπνευσαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20, etc.)]; τῷ πνέοντι (i.e. ἀνέμῳ or πνεύματι) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 3)]; ἡ πνέουσα (i.e. αὔρα) [NT (NT.Act.27.40)]; also of a flute-player, μέγα πνέων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.72)]; and of the flutes themselves, αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.254 (Myrinus Epigrammaticus))]; πνεῖται flutes are sounding, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.57 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II breathe, send forth an odour, ἀμβροσίη.. ἡδὺ πνείουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.446)]; π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.75, etc.: _absolutely_, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.80.)]
II.2 with accusative, breathe out, send forth, Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 82.)]
II.3 with genitive, breathe or smell of a thing, οὐ μύρου πνέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 565; τράγου π. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.240 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus); μόγοιο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.164; λύθρου καὶ αἵματος [prev. author] 5.120 (ἐπιπν- codices))]: rarely with dative, μύροισι π. smell with.., [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.199)]: frequently metaphorically, breathe, be redolent of, Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 184.3; ὄμματα.. πόθου πνείοντα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.258 (Paul. Sil.))]; φόνου π. conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 505; αὐθαδείας πολὺς ἔπνει 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.51.)]
III of perceptible breathing, [ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ᾽ ὤμων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.385; π. ὕπνῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 621 (Lyric poetry).)]
IV generally, draw breath, breathe: hence, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.447)]; οἱ πνέοντες, ={οἱ ζῶντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1160; ὄλβος ἀεὶ πνεῖ 3rd c.BC: Simmias 25.12; ἥμισύ μευ ψυχῆς ἔτι τὸ πνέον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 42.)]
V metaphorically, with accusative cognate, breathe forth, μένεα πνείοντες breathing spirit, epithet of warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.536, 3.8, 11.508, etc.; so πῦρ π. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 319, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 146; φόνον δόμοι πνέουσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1309; κότον πνέων [prev. author] “Ch.” 34 (Lyric poetry), compare 951 (Lyric poetry))]; φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 219 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρη πνεόντων [prev. work] 376 (Lyric poetry))]; πνέων χάριν τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1206; πῦρ πνειόντων.. ἄστρων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1146 (Lyric poetry); πῦρ π. καὶ φόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 288; ὠδῖνας [prev. author] “HF” 862: _paratragoedia_ in Comedy texts, πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1016)]; τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, [Refs ([prev. author] “Av.” 1121, etc.)]; and in a rhetorical passage, οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.12.)]
V.2 with neuter adjectives or Prons., πνέοντες μεγάλα giving themselves airs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 189)]; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 327; κενεὰ πνεύσαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).93; χαμηλὰ πνέων [prev. author] “P.” 11.30: _absolutely_, ὑπὲρ σακέων πνείοντες)] breathing over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 24; θρασείᾳ πνέων καρδίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.44: with _nominative_, Ἄρης.. μέγας πνέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 323; πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.57; οὗτος.. καικίας ἢ συκοφαντίας πνεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 437)]; ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος on whom thou breathest not favourably, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 10.3.)]
poetry πνείω as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus except 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.469:)]future πνεύσομαι (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 886 (Lyric poetry), (ἐμ-) [prev. author] “Andr.” 555, (παρα-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.133)]; also πνευσοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1221, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367a13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 34, 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 17; πνεύσω 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 32, LXX.Psa.147.7(18), LXX.Sir.43.20, “Geoponica” 1.12.34, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.112 (1st c.BC: Antipater Thessalonicensis Epigrammaticus), (ἀνα-) 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 13.516 (συμ-πνευσόντων)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169))]: aorist 1 ἔπνευσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 506, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20, etc., (ἐν-) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.456, (ἀν-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 274:)]perfect πέπνευκα (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 262d, (ἐκ-) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 904a1:)] —passive, future πνευσθήσομαι (δια-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1:)]aorist ἐπνεύσθην (δι-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.5.6, etc.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and early Prose writers use the simple Verb only in)]present and imperfect, to which Trag. add future and aorist 1 active —For the form ἄμπνυε, see. {ἀναπνέω}; for ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο, see at {ἄμπνυτο}; and for perfect passive πέπνῡμαι, participle πεπνῡμένος, see at {πέπνυμαι}.—Like other disyllable Verbs in -έω, this Verb contracts only εε, εε; but ἐκπνέων is disyllable in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1493, 1517 (both Lyric poetry))]:—blow, of wind and air, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.361; αὔρη δ᾽ ἐκ ποταμοῦ ψυχρὴ πνέει 5.469; ἐτησίαι.. οὐκ ἔπνευσαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20, etc.)]; τῷ πνέοντι (i.e. ἀνέμῳ or πνεύματι) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 3)]; ἡ πνέουσα (i.e. αὔρα) [NT (NT.Act.27.40)]; also of a flute-player, μέγα πνέων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.72)]; and of the flutes themselves, αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.254 (Myrinus Epigrammaticus))]; πνεῖται flutes are sounding, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.57 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II breathe, send forth an odour, ἀμβροσίη.. ἡδὺ πνείουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.446)]; π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.75, etc.: _absolutely_, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.80.)]
II.2 with accusative, breathe out, send forth, Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 82.)]
II.3 with genitive, breathe or smell of a thing, οὐ μύρου πνέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 565; τράγου π. “Anthologia Graeca” 11.240 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus); μόγοιο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.164; λύθρου καὶ αἵματος [prev. author] 5.120 (ἐπιπν- codices))]: rarely with dative, μύροισι π. smell with.., [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.199)]: frequently metaphorically, breathe, be redolent of, Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 184.3; ὄμματα.. πόθου πνείοντα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.258 (Paul. Sil.))]; φόνου π. conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 505; αὐθαδείας πολὺς ἔπνει 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.51.)]
III of perceptible breathing, [ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ᾽ ὤμων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.385; π. ὕπνῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 621 (Lyric poetry).)]
IV generally, draw breath, breathe: hence, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.447)]; οἱ πνέοντες, ={οἱ ζῶντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1160; ὄλβος ἀεὶ πνεῖ 3rd c.BC: Simmias 25.12; ἥμισύ μευ ψυχῆς ἔτι τὸ πνέον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 42.)]
V metaphorically, with accusative cognate, breathe forth, μένεα πνείοντες breathing spirit, epithet of warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.536, 3.8, 11.508, etc.; so πῦρ π. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 319, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 146; φόνον δόμοι πνέουσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1309; κότον πνέων [prev. author] “Ch.” 34 (Lyric poetry), compare 951 (Lyric poetry))]; φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 219 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρη πνεόντων [prev. work] 376 (Lyric poetry))]; πνέων χάριν τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1206; πῦρ πνειόντων.. ἄστρων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1146 (Lyric poetry); πῦρ π. καὶ φόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 288; ὠδῖνας [prev. author] “HF” 862: _paratragoedia_ in Comedy texts, πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1016)]; τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, [Refs ([prev. author] “Av.” 1121, etc.)]; and in a rhetorical passage, οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.12.)]
V.2 with neuter adjectives or Prons., πνέοντες μεγάλα giving themselves airs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 189)]; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 327; κενεὰ πνεύσαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).93; χαμηλὰ πνέων [prev. author] “P.” 11.30: _absolutely_, ὑπὲρ σακέων πνείοντες)] breathing over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 24; θρασείᾳ πνέων καρδίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.44: with _nominative_, Ἄρης.. μέγας πνέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 323; πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.57; οὗτος.. καικίας ἢ συκοφαντίας πνεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 437)]; ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος on whom thou breathest not favourably, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 10.3.)]