UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: πνοή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: πνέω

Sense 1: wind, blowing, to blow

Semantic entry: 14.4

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Wind

Definition: air in relatively rapid movement, but without specification as to the force of the movement

Notes: 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.

ACT 2:2: RV ACT 2:2 · LV ACT 2:2 · Read together ACT 2:2

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OET-RV ACT 2:2

2 Suddenly there was a noise in the sky that sounded like a strong wind, then it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

OET-LV ACT 2:2

2 And suddenly a_sound became out _of the heaven, as being _carried of_a_ forceful _wind, and it _filled all the house where they _were sitting.

Sense 2: breath, capacity to breathe

Semantic entry: 23.187

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Breathe, Breath

Definition: the process of breathing

Notes: Rather than rendering RV ACT 17:25 · LV ACT 17:25 · Read together ACT 17:25 as ‘gives life and breath to all people,’ it may be better to say ‘causes all people to live and breathe.’ In some languages, however, ‘to breathe’ is synonymous with ‘life,’ and therefore to say ‘to live and to breathe’ is to be both redundant and repetitious. One may therefore translate ‘who causes all people to live.’

ACT 17:25: RV ACT 17:25 · LV ACT 17:25 · Read together ACT 17:25

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OET-RV ACT 17:25

25 nor can he be repaired by any human hands and he doesn’t need to be fed. On the contrary, he’s the one who gives life and breath and who gives us everything that we need.

OET-LV ACT 17:25

25 nor is _being _healed by human hands, additionally _needing of _anything, he giving life, and breath, and the_ all _things to _all,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πνοή

Form 1

Sense 1: wind, blowing, to blow

Sense 2: breath, capacity to breathe