King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2315
Transliteration: theopneustos
Phonetic Spelling: (theh-op'-nyoo-stos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: God-breathed, inspired by God
Meaning: God-breathed, inspired by God
θεόπνευστος, 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).)
Word 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).)