pneumatikos · spiritual

What it means

pneumatikos (πνευματικός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “spiritual”.

Coming from the Spirit or belonging to him.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Given or moved by the Spirit of God.
2. Belonging to the unseen world, not to that of the flesh.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×15
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×3
• Colossians×2
• 1 Peter×2

• Romans 1:11

  For I long to see you, so that I may share some spiritual gift with you for you to be strengthened;

• Romans 7:14

  For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold under sin.

• Romans 15:27

  For they were pleased to do it, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have shared in their spiritual things, they ought also to render service to them in material things.

• 1 Corinthians 2:13

  These things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words.

• 1 Corinthians 2:15

  But the spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is examined by no one.

• 1 Corinthians 3:1

  And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to fleshly people, as to infants in the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 9:11

  If we sowed spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we will reap your material things?

• 1 Corinthians 10:3

  and all ate the same spiritual food,

• 1 Corinthians 10:4

  and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 12:1

  Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

• 1 Corinthians 14:1

  Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

• 1 Corinthians 14:37

  If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things I am writing to you are from the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 15:44

  it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.

• 1 Corinthians 15:46

  But the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

• Galatians 6:1

  Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, watching yourself, lest you too be tempted.

• Ephesians 1:3

  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in the Messiah,

• Ephesians 5:19

  speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and praising with psalms in your heart to the Lord,

• Ephesians 6:12

  because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

• Colossians 1:9

  For this reason we also, from the day we heard it, have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

• Colossians 3:16

  Let the word of the Messiah dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

• 1 Peter 2:5

  you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus the Messiah.

And 5 more times.