John 4:24:1John.4.24.W1TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit
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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
PNEU-ma ho the-OS KAI TOUS pros-ky-NOUN-tas au-TON en PNEU-ma-ti KAI a-lê-THEI-a DEI pros-ky-NEIN
Exegesis
The sentence begins with pneuma {πνεῦμα | pneu-ma} placed before ho theos {ὁ θεός | ho the-os}, creating a predicate-nominative pattern in which the fronted noun supplies the qualitative force of the clause. The article on ho theos marks God as the subject, so the English rendering naturally reads “God is Spirit,” while preserving the emphasis that God’s being is characterized by spirit rather than by material form.
Root and etymology
pneopi nu epsilon omicron
“to breathe, blow”
In context — John 4:24
God is Spirit , and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.
About this coordinate
John 4:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 4:24, 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.4.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.24.W1.S1) and character.