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pneuma G4151

πνεῦμα (pneuma) means “spirit/breath: spirit” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πνεῦμα Greek · G4151 378 tagged occurrences in 344 verses

Pronunciation guide: pnyoo'-mah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4151G

πνεῦμα · pneuma · spirit/breath: spirit

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;] 1. of air in motion; (a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX); (b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6). 2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16. 3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al. 4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al. 5. Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π., τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π., π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl., §46, 7): anarth., Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al.; with art., Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π., 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6. SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol., 872). (AS)

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TBESG · G4151H

πνεῦμα · pneuma · spirit/breath: breath

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;] 1. of air in motion; (a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX); (b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6). 2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16. 3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al. 4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al. 5. Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π., τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π., π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl., §46, 7): anarth., Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al.; with art., Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π., 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6. SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol., 872). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

wind, breath, spirit.

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How translators render G4151

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
spirit 259
the spirit 33
spirits 30
a spirit 11
in spirit 8
by the spirit 6
of the spirit 5
in the spirit 4
with the spirit 3
breath 2
any spirit 1
between spirits 1
by a spirit 1
his spirit 1
of the holy spirit 1
of the spirits 1
spirit that 1
spirit to drink 1
spirit who is 1
spiritual gifts 1
the breath 1
the spirits 1
through the spirit 1
to the spirits 1
who is the spirit 1
wind 1
winds 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the spirit 111
ghost 90
spirit 76
the 33
of the spirit 24
spirits 23
in the spirit 13
in spirit 8
of the 8
a spirit 7
the spirits 5
with the 5
with the spirit 5
by the spirit 3
in 3
an 2
of spirit 2
of spirits 2
the ghost 2
through the spirit 2
a 1
life 1
of 1
of spiritual 1
spiritually 1
that spirit 1
the spirit of 1
to the spirit 1
to the spirits 1
unto the spirits 1
with 1
with a spirit 1

Verses containing G4151

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  1. Luke 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

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  2. Luke 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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  3. Luke 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

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  4. Luke 4:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

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  5. Luke 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.

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  6. Luke 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

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  7. Luke 4:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,

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  8. Luke 4:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

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  9. Luke 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

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  10. Luke 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

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  11. Luke 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

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  12. Luke 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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  13. Luke 8:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

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  14. Luke 9:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

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  15. Luke 9:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

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  16. Luke 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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  17. Luke 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

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  18. Luke 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

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  19. Luke 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

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  20. Luke 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

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  21. Luke 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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  22. Luke 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

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  23. Luke 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

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  24. Luke 23:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.

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  25. Luke 24:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.

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  26. Luke 24:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

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  27. John 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

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  28. John 1:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

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  29. John 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

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  30. John 3:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

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  31. John 3:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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  32. John 3:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

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  33. John 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

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  34. John 4:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

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  35. John 6:63 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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  36. John 7:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

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  37. John 11:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

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  38. John 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

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  39. John 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

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  40. John 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

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  41. John 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

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  42. John 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

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  43. John 19:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

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  44. John 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

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  45. Acts 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

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  46. Acts 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

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  47. Acts 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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  48. Acts 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

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  49. Acts 2:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

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  50. Acts 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

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