pneuma
Example Sentences
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We leave the realm of biography and information, and we experience breath, pneuma, life itself.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
A favorite word of his is pneuma: “the breath of life,” in Greek, which he first learned in one of his religion classes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
What further ballooned the President’s spirits amid the national conflict was the great pneuma of world solidarity.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2015
Hence in ancient tongues “breath” and “soul” are used as synonyms, as the Hebrew nefesh and neshamah, the Latin anima and spiritus, the Greek pneuma and psyche.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
J. H. Thayer, s. vv. pneuma and psyche.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
