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πνεῦμα pneuma

“spirit/breath” · 379 times in the New Testament

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  • “spirit” 364
  • “breath” 3
  • “wind” 2
  • “holy spirit” 1
  • “spirit that” 1
  • other ways 8
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew19
Mark23
Luke36
John24
Acts70
Romans34
1 Corinthians40
2 Corinthians17
Galatians18
Ephesians14
Philippians5
Colossians2
1 Thessalonians5
2 Thessalonians3
1 Timothy3
2 Timothy3
Titus1
Philemon1
Hebrews12
James2
1 Peter8
2 Peter1
1 John12
Jude2
Revelation24

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. spirit364
  2. breath3
  3. wind2
  4. any spirit1
  5. between spirits1
  6. holy spirit1
  7. keep your spiritual fervor1
  8. spirit that1
  9. spirit to drink1
  10. spirit who is1
  11. spiritual gifts1
  12. through the spirit1
  13. 1 other ways1
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • spirit 373
  • breath 6

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“spirit” 364
  • Matthew 19

    • 1:18 …child through the Holy Spirit
    • 1:20 …is from the Holy Spirit
    • 3:11 …you with the Holy Spirit and with fire…
    • 3:16 …and He saw the Spirit of God descending like…
    • 4:1 …was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to…
    • 5:3 …are the poor in spirit for theirs is the…
    • 8:16 …He drove out the spirits with a word and…
    • 10:1 …them authority over unclean spirits so that they could…
    • 10:20 …you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking…
    • 12:18 …I will put My Spirit on Him and He…
    • 12:28 …drive out demons by the Spirit of God then the…
    • 12:31 …but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven…
    • 12:32 …speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven…
    • 12:43 …When an unclean spirit comes out of a…
    • 12:45 …with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself…
    • 22:43 …then does David in the Spirit call Him Lord For…
    • 26:41 …into temptation For the spirit is willing but the…
    • 27:50 …He yielded up His spirit
    • 28:19 …and of the Holy Spirit
  • Mark 23

    • 1:8 …you with the Holy Spirit
    • 1:10 …breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like…
    • 1:12 …At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the…
    • 1:23 …man with an unclean spirit cried out in the…
    • 1:26 …At this the unclean spirit threw the man into…
    • 1:27 …commands even the unclean spirits and they obey Him…
    • 2:8 …Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking…
    • 3:11 …And when the unclean spirits saw Him they fell…
    • 3:29 …blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven…
    • 3:30 …He has an unclean spirit
    • 5:2 …man with an unclean spirit who was coming from…
    • 5:8 …this man you unclean spirit
    • 5:13 …permission and the unclean spirits came out and went…
    • 6:7 …them authority over unclean spirits
    • 7:25 …daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus…
    • 8:12 …sighed deeply in His spirit and said Why does…
    • 9:17 …my son who has a spirit that makes him mute…
    • 9:20 …and seeing Jesus the spirit immediately threw the boy…
    • 9:25 …He rebuked the unclean spirit You deaf and mute…
    • 9:25 …You deaf and mute spirit He said I command…
    • 12:36 …Speaking by the Holy Spirit David himself declared The…
    • 13:11 …speaking but the Holy Spirit
    • 14:38 …into temptation For the spirit is willing but the…
  • Luke 36

    • 1:15 …filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s…
    • 1:17 …before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah…
    • 1:35 …angel replied The Holy Spirit will come upon you…
    • 1:41 …filled with the Holy Spirit
    • 1:47 …and my spirit rejoices in God my…
    • 1:67 …filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied…
    • 1:80 …grew and became strong in spirit and he lived in…
    • 2:25 …Israel and the Holy Spirit was upon him…
    • 2:26 …The Holy Spirit had revealed to him…
    • 2:27 …Led by the Spirit he went into the…
    • 3:16 …you with the Holy Spirit and with fire…
    • 3:22 …and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in…
    • 4:1 …full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan…
    • 4:1 …was led by the Spirit into the wilderness…
    • 4:14 …the power of the Spirit and the news about…
    • 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is…
    • 4:33 …a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon…
    • 4:36 …He commands the unclean spirits and they come out…
    • 6:18 …those troubled by unclean spirits were healed…
    • 7:21 …diseases afflictions and evil spirits and He gave sight…
    • 8:2 …been healed of evil spirits and infirmities Mary called…
    • 8:29 …had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of…
    • 8:55 …Her spirit returned and at once…
    • 9:39 A spirit keeps seizing him and…
    • 9:42 …Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit healed the boy and…
    • 10:20 …not rejoice that the spirits submit to you but…
    • 10:21 …rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared I praise…
    • 11:13 …heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask…
    • 11:24 …When an unclean spirit comes out of a…
    • 11:26 …and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself…
    • 12:10 …blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven…
    • 12:12 …that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what…
    • 13:11 …there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years She…
    • 23:46 …hands I commit My Spirit And when He had…
    • 24:37 …thinking they had seen a spirit
    • 24:39 …Me and see for a spirit does not have flesh…
  • John 2

    • 1:32 …testified I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like…
    • 1:33 …whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is…

And 284 more, on the full page.

“breath” 3
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:8 …will slay with the breath of His mouth and…
  • Revelation 2

    • 11:11 …and a half days the breath of life from God…
    • 13:15 …was permitted to give breath to the image of…
“wind” 2
  • John 1

    • 3:8 …The wind blows where it wishes…
  • Hebrews 1

    • 1:7 …He makes His angels winds His servants flames of…
“holy spirit” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 7:55 …But Stephen full of the Holy Spirit looked intently into heaven…
“spirit that” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 11:28 …and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would…
“keep your spiritual fervor” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 12:11 …let your zeal subside keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord…
“between spirits” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 12:10 …prophecy to another distinguishing between spirits to another speaking in…
“spirit to drink” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 12:13 …were all given one Spirit to drink
“spiritual gifts” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 14:12 …are eager to have spiritual gifts strive to excel in…
“who is the spirit” 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 3:18 …comes from the Lord who is the Spirit
“through the spirit” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 5:5 …faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness…
“spirit who is” 1
  • Ephesians 1

    • 2:2 …of the air the spirit who is now at work in…
“any spirit” 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:2 …disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.