Quick Definition
πνέω v. I blow
Strong's Definition
a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze
KJV Usage: blow. Compare 5594
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἔπνευσα | ἐκπνέω · ἐμπνέω · θεόπνευστος · πνεῦμα · πνευματικός · πνευματικῶς · πνοή · ὑποπνέω
14.4 · Physical Events and States · Wind
wind, blowing, to blow air in relatively rapid movement, but without specification as to the force of the movement As in the case of English (which has, for example, such terms as breeze, zephyr, gust, storm, whirlwind, cyclone, tornado, etc.), other languages likewise normally have a number of different terms depending upon the strength of the wind and whether the wind may be carrying substances such as sand or dust. In some languages there may also be a problem involved in the use of terms for ‘wind,’ since some of these may have meanings of malicious or malevolent spirits, or they may imply a disease-bringing event.
MAT 7:25 · MAT 7:27 · LUK 12:55 · JHN 3:8 · JHN 6:18 · ACT 27:40 · REV 7:1
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πνέω; 1 aor ἔπνευσα; fr. Hom. down; fo breathe, to | blow: of the wind, Mt. vii. 25, 27; Lk. xii. 55; Jn. ii. 8; vi. 18; Rev. vii. 1; τῇ mveovoy sc. αὔρᾳ (ef. W. 591 (550); [B. 82 (72)]), Acts xxvii.40. [Comp.: éx-, ἐν-» ὑπο- πνέω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πνέω pneō 7x
to breathe; to blow, as the wind, Mt. 7:25, 27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πνέω,
[in LXX: Ps 147:7 (18) (נשׁב hi.), Is 40:24 (נשׁף), Si 43:16, 20, Ep. Je 61, II Mac 9:7*;]
to breathe, blow: of the wind, Mt 7:25, 27, Lk 12:55, Jo 3:8 6:18, Re 7:1; τῇ πνεούσῃ (sc. αὔρᾳ), Ac 27:40 (cf. ἐκ-, ἐν-, ὑπο-πνέω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πνέω, ‘*breathe,” ‘‘blow”’: see the imprecatory tablet Wiinsch AF 315. 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 Ac οἱ, cf. Herodas VIII. 58 τὰ δεινὰ πνεῦσαι (and see Headlam’s note p. 392).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πνέω (pneō) — to blow. πνέω, poetry πνείω as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+]future πνεύσομαι (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πνευσοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔπνευσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πέπνευκα (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future πνευσθήσομαι (δια-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐπνεύσθην (δι-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]present and imperfect, to which Trag. add future and aorist 1 active —For the form ἄμπνυε, see. {ἀναπνέω}; for ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο, see at {ἄμπνυτο}; and for perfect passive πέπνῡμαι, participle πεπνῡμένος, see at {πέπνυμαι}.—Like other disyllable Verbs in -έω, this Verb contracts only εε, εε; but ἐκπνέων is disyllable in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—blow, of wind and air, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῷ πνέοντι (i.e. ἀνέμῳ or πνεύματι) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ πνέουσα (i.e. αὔρα) [NT]; also of a flute-player, μέγα πνέων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; and of the flutes themselves, αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας [Refs]; πνεῖται flutes are sounding, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. breathe, send forth an odour, ἀμβροσίη.. ἡδὺ πνείουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. with accusative, breathe out, send forth, Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.3. with genitive, breathe or smell of a thing, οὐ μύρου πνέον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with dative, μύροισι π. smell with.., [Refs]: frequently metaphorically, breathe, be redolent of, Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φόνου π. conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. of perceptible breathing, [ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ᾽ ὤμων [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV. generally, draw breath, breathe: hence, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ πνέοντες, ={οἱ ζῶντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. metaphorically, with accusative cognate, breathe forth, μένεα πνείοντες breathing spirit, epithet of warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν [Refs]; πνέων χάριν τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, [Refs]; and in a rhetorical passage, οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2. with neuter adjectives or Prons., πνέοντες μεγάλα giving themselves airs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόσονδ᾽ ἔπνευσας[Refs 5th c.BC+] breathing over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος on whom thou breathest not favourably, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]