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G4154 πνέω (pnéō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I blow

Strong's Definition

to breathe hard, i.e. breeze

Derivation: a primary word;

KJV Usage: blow

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πνέω; 1 aorist ἔπνευσα; from Homer down; to breathe, to blow: of the wind, Mat_7:25; Mat_7:27; Luk_12:55; Joh_3:8; Joh_6:18; Rev_7:1; τῇ πνεούσῃ namely, αὔρα (cf. Winers Grammar, 591 (550); (Buttmann, 82 (72))), Act_27:40. (Compare: ἐκπνέω, ἐνπνέω, ὑποπνέω.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πνέω pneō 7x to breathe; to blow, as the wind, Mat_7:25 ; Mat_7:27

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πνέω , [in LXX : Psa_147:7 (18) ( H5380 hi .), Isa_40:24 ( H5398 ), Sir_43:16 ; Sir_43:20 , Ep. Je 61, 2Ma_9:7 * ;] to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mat_7:25 ; Mat_7:27 , Luk_12:55 , Joh_3:8 ; Joh_6:18 , Rev_7:1 ; ηῇ πνεούσῃ ( sc . αὔρᾳ ), Act_27:40 ( cf. ἐκ -, ἐν -, ὑπο -πνέω ).† αὔρα , a breeze : τ . πνεούσῇ ( sc . αὔρᾳ ), Act_27:40 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πνέω [page 522] breathe, blow : see the imprecatory tablet Wόnsch AF 3 .16 , found in the grave of an official of Imperial times in the neighbourhood of Carthage, στρέβλωσον ( strain tight ) αὐτῶν τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἵνα μὴ [π ]νέωσιν . With Act_9:1 , cf. Herodas VIII. 58 τὰ δεινὰ πνεῦσαι (and see Headlam s note p. 392).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

πνέω [Etym: Like other dissyl. Verbs in -έω, this Verb only contracts εε, εει] "to blow", of wind and air, Od. , Hdt. , attic; ἡ πνέουσα (sc. αὔρα) "the breeze", NTest. "to breathe, send forth an odour", Od. :—c. gen. "to breathe or smell of" a thing, Anth. of animals, "to breathe hard, pant, gasp", Il. , Aesch. generally, "to draw breath, breathe", and so "to live", Hom. ; οἱ πνέοντες ῀ οἱ ζῶντες, Soph. metaph., c. acc. cogn. "to breathe forth, breathe", μένεα πνείοντες "breathing" spirit, of warriors, Il. ; so, πῦρ πν. Hes. ; φόνον, κότον, Ἄρη Aesch. ; so, πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας Ar. ; Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, id=Ar. μέγα πνεῖν "to be of" a high "spirit, give oneself airs", Eur. ; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας id=Eur. :—also, with a nom., as if it were the wind, μέγας πνέων id=Eur. ; πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρὸς ἦν Dem.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πνέω [in LXX: Psa.147:7 (18) (נָשַׁב hi.), Isa.40:24 (נָשַׁף), Sir.43:16, 20, Ep. Je 61, 2Ma.9:7 * ;] to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mat.7:25, 27, Luk.12:55, Jhn.3:8 6:18, Rev.7:1; ηῇ πνεούσῃ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐν-, ὑπο-πνέω).† αὔρα, a breeze : τ. πνεούσῇ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Act.27:40.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (7)

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