Strong G4157πνοή
wind/breath
- Transliteration
- pnoē
- Pronunciation
- pno-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4154; respiration a breeze: - breath wind.
Detailed definition
πνοή, -ῆς, ή
(πνέω), [in LXX chiefly for נְשָׁמָה;]
1. a blowing, blast, wind: Act.2:2.
2. a breathing, breath: Act.17:25 (Gen.2:7, al.).†
(AS)
(πνέω), [in LXX chiefly for נְשָׁמָה;]
1. a blowing, blast, wind: Act.2:2.
2. a breathing, breath: Act.17:25 (Gen.2:7, al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4157 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- breath1
- wind1
First verses
- Acts 2:2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
- Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πνοή, ῆς, ἡ,
Epic dialect πνοιή, always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; Doric dialect πνοά (see. below); Lyric poetry πνοιά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.31, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.28)]: (πνέω):— blowing, blast, πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.55, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.839, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 253, 268; πνοιὴ Βορέαο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.697)]:absolutely, blast, breeze, [Refs (11.622, 13.590)], etc.; ὀλίγη π. a light breeze, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 34.4)]; π. βιαία a stiff breeze,[Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 35.4; οἷον π. εἰς ἄλλο 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.3.23)]; especially to denote excessive swiftness, ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο along with, i.e.swift as, blasts of wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.342, etc.; ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο 19.415; ἐπέτοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.148; πέτετο πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.207; ἅμα πνοιῇσι πετέσθην 16.149; imitated by 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1396 (Lyric poetry))], ἅμ᾽ ἀνέμων πνοαῖσι βαίη; frequently in Trag., ταχύπτεροι πνοαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 88; πνοαὶ δ᾽ ἀπὸ Στρυμόνος μολοῦσαι [prev. author] “Ag.” 192 (Lyric poetry), compare 654, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 161, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 392b11, etc.)]; blast of bellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100.)]
II breathing hard, panting, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.380, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 719 (_plural_).)]
II.2 generally, breath, ἔμπνους μέν εἰμι.. καὶ πνοὰς.. πνέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1092; μητρὸς οἴχονται πνοαί [prev. author] “Or.” 421: _metaphorically_, πνοιὴ Ἡφαίστοιο)] the breath of Hephaestus, i.e. flame, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.355; πυρὸς πνοᾷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 815 (Lyric poetry); πρὶν καταιγίσαι πνοὰς Ἄρεως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 63, compare 115 (Lyric poetry); θεοῦ πνοαῖσιν ἐμμανεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1094; πνοαὶ Ἀφροδίτης [prev. author] “IA” 69; θυμοῦ πνοαί [prev. author] “Ph.” 454.)]
III vapour, exhalation, σποδὸς προπέμπει πλούτου πνοάς, of a burning city, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 820; τηγάνου π. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.8, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.7; λιβάνου πνοαί 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.37 (_anapaest meter_).)]
IV breath of a wind-instrument, Αἰολῇσιν ἐν πνοαῖσιν αὐλῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.79; αὐλῶν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 313; σύριγγος πνοά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 145 (Lyric poetry).—poetical (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 419d is no exception), once in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus and frequently in later Prose (see. above) for πνεῦμα.)]
Epic dialect πνοιή, always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]; Doric dialect πνοά (see. below); Lyric poetry πνοιά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.31, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.28)]: (πνέω):— blowing, blast, πνοιαὶ παντοίων ἀνέμων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.55, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.839, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 253, 268; πνοιὴ Βορέαο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.697)]:absolutely, blast, breeze, [Refs (11.622, 13.590)], etc.; ὀλίγη π. a light breeze, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 34.4)]; π. βιαία a stiff breeze,[Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 35.4; οἷον π. εἰς ἄλλο 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.3.23)]; especially to denote excessive swiftness, ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο along with, i.e.swift as, blasts of wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.342, etc.; ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο 19.415; ἐπέτοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.148; πέτετο πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.207; ἅμα πνοιῇσι πετέσθην 16.149; imitated by 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1396 (Lyric poetry))], ἅμ᾽ ἀνέμων πνοαῖσι βαίη; frequently in Trag., ταχύπτεροι πνοαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 88; πνοαὶ δ᾽ ἀπὸ Στρυμόνος μολοῦσαι [prev. author] “Ag.” 192 (Lyric poetry), compare 654, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 161, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 392b11, etc.)]; blast of bellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100.)]
II breathing hard, panting, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.380, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 719 (_plural_).)]
II.2 generally, breath, ἔμπνους μέν εἰμι.. καὶ πνοὰς.. πνέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1092; μητρὸς οἴχονται πνοαί [prev. author] “Or.” 421: _metaphorically_, πνοιὴ Ἡφαίστοιο)] the breath of Hephaestus, i.e. flame, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.355; πυρὸς πνοᾷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 815 (Lyric poetry); πρὶν καταιγίσαι πνοὰς Ἄρεως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 63, compare 115 (Lyric poetry); θεοῦ πνοαῖσιν ἐμμανεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1094; πνοαὶ Ἀφροδίτης [prev. author] “IA” 69; θυμοῦ πνοαί [prev. author] “Ph.” 454.)]
III vapour, exhalation, σποδὸς προπέμπει πλούτου πνοάς, of a burning city, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 820; τηγάνου π. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.8, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.7; λιβάνου πνοαί 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.37 (_anapaest meter_).)]
IV breath of a wind-instrument, Αἰολῇσιν ἐν πνοαῖσιν αὐλῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.79; αὐλῶν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 313; σύριγγος πνοά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 145 (Lyric poetry).—poetical (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 419d is no exception), once in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus and frequently in later Prose (see. above) for πνεῦμα.)]