Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
wind/breath
Usage: 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.).† (AS)
Pnoe means “breath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4157 — muaqah (“affliction”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4157 πνοή (pnoe) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pnoe (pno-ay') n. 1. respiration, a breeze [from G4154] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include wind and breath. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
pnoe (pno-ay') n. 1. respiration, a breeze [from G4154] KJV: breath, wind Root(s): G4154
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wind/breath
Usage: 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.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pnoe, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4157 (πνοή) appears 25 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.
And the channels of the sea were seen, And the foundations of the world were discovered, At the rebuke of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of his anger.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then straightaway certain of Heliodorus’ friends prayed Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who lay ready to give up the ghost.
And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
For we are born at all adventure: And we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: For the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, And a little spark in the moving of our heart:
First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4157.
And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.
And the channels of the sea were seen, And the foundations of the world were discovered, At the rebuke of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of his anger.
And it came to pass when he reigned, that he smote the whole house of Jeroboam, and left none that breathed of Jeroboam, until he had destroyed him utterly, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose breath is it that has come forth from thee?
Verily, while my breath is yet in me, And the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
But there is a spirit in mortals; And the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.
The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, And the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me.
And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost; And he guides the water in whatever way he pleases.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, And I will instruct you in my speech.
A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: But he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.
Who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; Know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; And he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, Who renders to every man according to his works.
Yea, O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live.
Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:
I will not take vengeance on you forever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; I will even cause to burst forth a sweeping blast with fury, and there shall be a flooding rain in my wrath; and in my fury I will bring on great stones for complete destruction.
And thou hast been exalted against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before thee the vessels of his house, and thou, and thy nobles, and thy mistresses, and thy concubines, have drunk wine out of them; and thou hast praised the gods of gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God in whose hand are thy breath and all thy ways hast thou not glorified.
And how shall thy servant be able, O my lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Then straightaway certain of Heliodorus’ friends prayed Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who lay ready to give up the ghost.
And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
For we are born at all adventure: And we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: For the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, And a little spark in the moving of our heart:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4157, grouped by book.
Pnoe (Strong's G4157) is a Greek word most simply glossed "breath". pnoe (pno-ay') n. 1. respiration, a breeze [from G4154]
This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G4157 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4157 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wind and breath. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4157, with linked reader references where each row is available.