Lexical Summary theopneustos: God-breathed, inspired by God Original Word: θεόπνευστοςTransliteration: theopneustos Phonetic Spelling: (theh-op'-nyoo-stos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: God-breathed, inspired by God Meaning: God-breathed, inspired by God Strong's Concordance given by inspiration of God. From theos and a presumed derivative of pneo; divinely breathed in -- given by inspiration of God. see GREEK theos see GREEK pneo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2315: θεόπνευστοςθεόπνευστος, θεοπνευστον (Θεός and πνέω), inspired by God: γραφή, i. e. the contents of Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:16 (see πᾶς, I. 1 c.); σοφιη (pseudo-)Phocyl. 121; ὄνειροι, Plutarch, de plac. phil. 5, 2, 3, p. 904 f.; (Sibylline Oracles 8, 411 (cf. 308); Nonnus, paraphr. ev. Ioan. 1, 99). (ἐμπνευστος also is used passively, but ἄπνευστος, ἐυπνευστος, πυριπνευστος (δυσδιαπνευστος), actively (and δυσαναπνευστος; apparently either active or passive; cf. Winer's Grammar, 96 (92) note).) |