John 19:30:16John.19.30.W16TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-ma
- 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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Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma
- phraseyour reading level
KAI KLI-nas TÊN ke-pha-LÊN pa-RE-dô-ken TO PNEU-ma
- clause
te-TE-les-tai KAI KLI-nas TÊN ke-pha-LÊN pa-RE-dô-ken TO PNEU-ma
- sentence
HO-te OON E-la-ben TO O-ksos ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen te-TE-les-tai KAI KLI-nas TÊN ke-pha-LÊN pa-RE-dô-ken TO PNEU-ma
Exegesis
The direct object to pneuma {τὸ πνεῦμα | tó pnéu-ma} can denote “spirit” or “breath,” and the choice shapes whether the emphasis falls on His physical life-breath or His inner life. In English, the sequence of finite verbs is preserved in past tense for narrative flow (“received,” “said,” “handed over”), while the participle klinas is rendered with an English participial construction (“having bowed His head”) in the formal version and a coordinated clause (“Then He bowed His head”) in the dynamic version to maintain natural readability without losing the temporal relationship and solemn progression of the Greek.
Root and etymology
pneopi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — John 19:30
When therefore Jesus received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And having bowed His head, He handed over the spirit .
About this coordinate
John 19:30:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 19:30, 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 John.19.30.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.30.W16.S1) and character.