Acts 19:16:11Acts.19.16.W11TAB
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 e-pha-LO-me-nos ho AN-thrô-pos ep au-TOUS en hôi ÊN to PNEU-ma to po-nê-RON ka-ta-ky-ri-EU-sas am-pho-TE-rôn IS-khy-sen kai kat au-TÔN HÔ-ste gym-NOUS kai te-trau-ma-tis-ME-nous ek-phy-GEIN ek tou OI-kou e-KEI-nou
Exegesis
The relative clause en hō ēn to pneuma to ponērón {ἐν ᾧ ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρόν | en hō ēn tò pneûma tò ponērón} defines the man by the indwelling evil spirit, highlighting the agency behind his power.
Root and etymology
pneop–n–e–o
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Acts 19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaping upon them and mastering all of them, prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 19:16, 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.19.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.16.W11.S1) and character.