Acts 15:8:9Acts.15.8.W9TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“Spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- Spirit
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma
- sentence
KAI ho kar-di-o-GNÔ-stês the-OS e-mar-TY-rê-sen au-TOIS DOUS to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on ka-THÔS KAI hê-MEEN
Exegesis
The direct object to pneuma to hagion {τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον | tò pneûma tò hágion} employs a double article construction to emphasize the Holy Spirit.
Root and etymology
pneopi, nu, epsilon, omega
“breath, spirit”
In context — Acts 15:8
God , who knows the hearts, testified on their behalf by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as also to us.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 15:8, so the Greek word πνεῦμα (pneuma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.15.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.8.W9.S1) and character.