Quick Definition
breath, wind
Strong's Definition
respiration, a breeze
Derivation: from G4154 (πνέω);
KJV Usage: breath, wind
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πνοή, πνοῆς, ἡ (πνέω), from Homer down, the Sept. for πΐωΘΡξΘδ
1. breath, the breath of life: Act_17:25 (Gen_2:7; Pro_24:12; Sir. 30:29 (21); 2Ma_3:31 2Ma_7:9).
2. wind: Act_2:2 (Job_37:9). (Cf. πνεῦμα, 1 b.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πνοή pnoē 2x
breath, respiration, Act_17:25 ;
a wind, a blast of wind, breeze, Act_2:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πνοή , -ῆς , ή
( < πνέω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5397 ;]
1. a blowing, blast, wind: Act_2:2 .
2. a breathing, breath: Act_17:25 ( Gen_2:7 , al. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πνοή [page 522]
πνοή , in the sense of gust, wind, as in Act_2:2 , occurs in the sundial inscr. Preisigke 358 .13 (iii/B.C.) τ ]ὸ ἄκρον τῆς σκιᾶς . . . ἐπὶ τῶν ἰῶτα φερόμενον [σ ]ημαίνει ζεφύρου πνοήν : cf. Bacchylides v. 28 σὺν ζεφύρου πνοιαῖσιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πνοή [Etym: πνέω] "a blowing, blast, breeze", Hom. : ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο along with, i. e. swift as, "blasts" of wind, id=Hom. ; μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο id=Hom. , etc.:— "the blast" of bellows, Thuc. of animals, "a breathing hard", of horses, Il. , Soph. generally, "breath", ἔμπνους ἔτ᾽ εἰμὶ καὶ πνοὰς πνέω Eur. :—metaph., πνοιὴ Ἡφαίστοιο "the breath" of Hephaestus, i. e. "flame", Il. ; θεοῦ πνοαῖσιν ἐμμανεῖς Eur. "a breathing odour, a vapour, exhalation", σποδὸς προπέμπει πλούτου πνοάς, of a burning city, Aesch. "the breath" of a wind-instrument, Pind. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πνοή, -ῆς, ή
(πνέω), [in LXX chiefly for נְשָׁמָה ;]
__1. a blowing, blast, wind: Act.2:2.
__2. a breathing, breath: Act.17:25 (Gen.2:7, al.).†
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