Luke 13:11:4Luke.13.11.W4TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“a spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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 i-do-U gy-NE PNEU-ma E-khou-sa as-the-NEI-as E-tê de-ka-ok-TO KAI ÊN syn-KYP-tou-sa KAI MÊ dy-na-ME-nê a-na-KYP-sai eis to pan-te-LES
Exegesis
The noun gynē {γυνὴ | gynḗ} ‘woman’ serves as the subject, followed by the participle echousa {ἔχουσα | é-khou-sa} ‘having,’ which takes the object phrase pneuma astheneias {πνεῦμα ἀσθενείας | pneû-ma as-the-neí-as} ‘a spirit of infirmity.’
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Luke 13:11
And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and was not able to straighten up completely .
About this coordinate
Luke 13:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 13:11, 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 Luke.13.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.11.W4.S1) and character.