Words the Bible translates as wind
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pneumaπνεῦμαmoving air: wind, or the breath that comes from a living body
+3 more meanings
- the human spirit: a person's own inner life, the breath of life in them and the self that thinks, feels, and turns toward God
- a spirit-being other than God: an unclean or evil spirit, or another non-bodily creature such as an angel or a ghost
- the Spirit of God: God's own active presence and power, given to and at work in his people, and increasingly portrayed as a distinct personal agent
- ru'aḥרוּחַthe unseen moving power felt in wind and breath: the air that blows, the breath that gives life, the inner drive of a person, and the empowering presence of God.
- anemosἄνεμοςwind: naturally moving air, from a light breeze to a driving gale
- pnoēπνοήwind/breathnot studied yet
- ru'aḥרוּחַthe unseen power that moves: the wind outside a person, and inside a person the spirit that carries insight, ability, and temper.
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