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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. Acts 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

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  2. Acts 2:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

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  3. Acts 2:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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  4. Acts 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

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  5. Acts 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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  6. Acts 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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  7. Acts 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

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  8. Acts 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

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  9. Acts 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

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  10. Acts 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

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  11. Acts 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them

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  12. Acts 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

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  13. Acts 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

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  14. Acts 7:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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  15. Acts 7:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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  16. Acts 7:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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  17. Acts 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

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  18. Acts 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

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  19. Acts 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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  20. Acts 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

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  21. Acts 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

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  22. Acts 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

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  23. Acts 8:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

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  24. Acts 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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  25. Acts 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

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  26. Acts 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

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  27. Acts 10:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

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  28. Acts 10:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

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  29. Acts 10:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

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  30. Acts 10:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

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  31. Acts 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

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  32. Acts 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

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  33. Acts 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

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  34. Acts 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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  35. Acts 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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  36. Acts 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

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  37. Acts 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

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  38. Acts 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas

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  39. Acts 13:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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  40. Acts 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

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  41. Acts 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

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  42. Acts 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

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  43. Acts 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

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  44. Acts 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

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  45. Acts 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

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  46. Acts 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

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  47. Acts 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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  48. Acts 19:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

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  49. Acts 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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  50. Acts 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

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