UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: πνέω

Sense 1: spiritual, from the Spirit (in reference to such matters as gifts, benefits, teachings, blessings, and religious songs)

Semantic entry: 12.21

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Beings

Definition: (derivative of πνεῦμα[a] ‘Spirit,’ 12.18: πνεῦμα) pertaining to being derived from or being about the Spirit

Notes: The reference in RV CO1 2:14 · LV CO1 2:14 · Read together CO1 2:14 may be interpreted to mean that the unspiritual person cannot receive the gifts of the Spirit; neither can such a person understand them because they can only be judged or evaluated on the basis of their being derived from the Spirit of God. For another interpretation of πνευματικῶς in RV CO1 2:14 · LV CO1 2:14 · Read together CO1 2:14, see 26.10: πνευματικός / 26.10: πνευματικῶς.

CO1 2:14: RV CO1 2:14 · LV CO1 2:14 · Read together CO1 2:14

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OET-RV CO1 2:14

14 Secular people don’t accept things about God’s spirit because they seem foolish to them, and they can’t understand them because it requires spiritual awareness,

OET-LV CO1 2:14

14 But the_soulish person, not is _receiving the things of _the spirit of_ the _god, because/for foolishness to _him it _is, and not he _is _able to _know them, because spiritually it _is _being _examined.

Sense 2: spiritual, of the spirit, on a spiritual basis, in a spiritual manner

Semantic entry: 26.10

Semantic domains: Psychological Faculties

Definition: pertaining to the spiritual nature or being of a person

Notes: For another interpretation of πνευματικῶς in RV CO1 2:14 · LV CO1 2:14 · Read together CO1 2:14, see 12.21: πνευματικός / 12.21: πνευματικῶς.

CO1 2:14: RV CO1 2:14 · LV CO1 2:14 · Read together CO1 2:14

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OET-RV CO1 2:14

14 Secular people don’t accept things about God’s spirit because they seem foolish to them, and they can’t understand them because it requires spiritual awareness,

OET-LV CO1 2:14

Sense 3: symbolically, allegorically, figuratively, so to speak

Semantic entry: 33.17

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Discourse Types

Definition: pertaining to expressions which are not to be understood literally, but symbolically or figuratively

Notes: In a number of languages it may be more satisfactory to translate ἐν παραβολῇ and πνευματικῶς[c] by a negative expression, for example, ‘not literally’ or ‘not really.’ The expression in RV REV 11:8 · LV REV 11:8 · Read together REV 11:8 might be translated as ‘that city might be called Sodom, but it isn’t really Sodom.’

REV 11:8: RV REV 11:8 · LV REV 11:8 · Read together REV 11:8

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OET-RV REV 11:8

8 Their corpses will lie on the road of the great city, which in spiritual terms is called Sedom and/or Mitsrayim (Egypt)—where their master was executed by being nailed to a stake.

OET-LV REV 11:8

8 And the corpse of _them will _be on the road of _the city the great, which is _being _called spiritually, Sodoma/(Şədom) and Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), where also the master of _them was _executed _on _a _stake.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πνευματικῶς

Form 1

Sense 1: spiritual, from the Spirit (in reference to such matters as gifts, benefits, teachings, blessings, and religious songs)

Sense 2: spiritual, of the spirit, on a spiritual basis, in a spiritual manner

Sense 3: symbolically, allegorically, figuratively, so to speak