Spiritual
πνευματικόςStrong’s G4152pneumatikos
Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pneumatikos is the Greek word usually translated “spiritual”, “spiritual things” and “spiritual gifts”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.
“For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;”
Meaning
Usually translated “spiritual”, “spiritual things” and “spiritual gifts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- spiritual 21
- spiritual things 2
- by spiritual 1
- to spiritual 1
- spiritual gifts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 11
- Romans 3
- Ephesians 3
- Colossians 2
- Galatians 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- Romans 15:27It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
- 1 Corinthians 2:13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
- 1 Corinthians 2:15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
- 1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 9:11If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Greek dictionary
πνευματικός pneumatikos · spiritual
πνευματικός, -ή, -όν (πνεῦμα), 1. of or caused by the wind, air or breath (Arist., al.). 2. spiritual (opposite to σωματικός, Plut.); (a) of created beings : τὰ π. (RV, the spiritual hosts), Eph.6:12; of that which is related to the human spirit, opposite to ψυχικός, 1Co.15:44 15:46; (b) of that which belongs to or is actuated by the Divine Spirit; α of persons : 1Co.2:15 3:1 14:37, Gal.6:1; οἶκος π., figuratively, 1Pe.2:5; β of things : Rom.1:11 7:14, 1Co.2:13 10:3-4 12:1 14:1, Eph.1:3 5:19, Col.1:9 3:16, 1Pe.2:5; opposite to τ. σαρκικά, Rom.15:27, 1Co.9:11.† …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “spiritual” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPIRITUAL, adjective
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as a spiritual substance or being.
- Mental; intellectual; as spiritual armor.
- Not gross; refined from external things; not sensual; relative to mind only; as a spiritual and refined religion.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as the spiritual functions of the clergy; the lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
All definitions
- Pertaining to spirit or to the affections; pure; holy.
- Pertaining to the renewed nature of man; as spiritual life.
- Not fleshly; not material; as spiritual sacrifices. 1 Peter 2:5
- Pertaining to divine things; as spiritual songs. Ephesians 5:19
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.