Spirit / Ruach
Ruach can mean: • wind • breath • spirit The Greek pneuma has a similarly broad range.
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Air
That thin, fluid, elastic, transparent, ponderous, compressible body which surrounds the terraqueous globe to a considerable height. In Scripture it is sometimes used for _heaven_; This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
View overview sources
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- G0109, H7307, H8064, G3772
- Hebrew
- רוּחַ · rûwach
- Greek
- ἀήρ · aēr
Grafted biblical context
Concept articles connected to this study
Strong’s and original-language information
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀήρ
- Transliteration
- aēr
- Language
- Greek
- Part of speech
- G:N-M
- Indexed occurrences
- 7
Glosses
air
Lexicon definition
ἀήρ, ἀέρος, ὁ, [in LXX: 2Ki.22:12 (= Psa.17(18):11 שׁחק), Wi .8 ;] in Hom., Hes., the lower air which surrounds the earth, as opposite to the purer αἰθήρ of the higher regions; generally, air (MM, VGT, see word): Act.22:23, 1Th.4:17, Rev.9:2 16:17; of the air as the realm of demons, Eph.2:2; ἀ. δέρειν, of striving to no purpose, 1Co.9:26; εἰς ἀ. λαλεῖν, of speaking without effect, not being understood, 1Co.14:9.† (AS)
A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
Ἀήρ
- Transliteration
- aḗr
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 7
Glosses
air
Lexicon definition
air, atmosphere.
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
רוּחַ
- Transliteration
- rûwach
- Pronunciation
- roo'-akh
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 378
Glosses
air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Lexicon definition
wind
by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation
figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality
by extension, a region of the sky
by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation
figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality
by extension, a region of the sky
by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
שָׁמַיִם
- Transliteration
- shâmayim
- Pronunciation
- shaw-mah'-yim
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 421
Glosses
air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
Lexicon definition
the sky (as aloft
the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
οὐρανός
- Transliteration
- ouranós
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 272
Glosses
air, heaven(-ly), sky
Lexicon definition
the sky
by extension, heaven (as the abode of God)
by implication, happiness, power, eternity
specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
by extension, heaven (as the abode of God)
by implication, happiness, power, eternity
specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
ἀήρ
- Transliteration
- aḗr
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 7
Glosses
air
Lexicon definition
by analogy, to blow)
"air" (as naturally circumambient)
"air" (as naturally circumambient)
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Air
The atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 9:2; 16:17). This word occurs once as the rendering of the Hebrew ruah (Job 41:16); elsewhere it is the rendering of shamaiyim, usually translated "heavens." The expression "to speak into the air" (1 Cor. 14:9) is a proverb denoting to speak in vain, as to "beat the air" (1 Cor. 9:26) denotes to labour in vain.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
AIR
that thin, fluid, elastic, transparent, ponderous, compressible body which surrounds the terraqueous globe to a considerable height. In Scripture it is sometimes used for _heaven_; as, “the birds of the air;” “the birds of heaven.” To “beat the air,” and “to speak to the air,” 1 Cor. ix, 26, signify to fatigue ourselves in vain, and to speak to no purpose. “The prince of the power of the air” is the head and chief of the evil spirits, with which both Jews and Heathens thought the air was filled.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Air
Indexed occurrences: 64
Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources
All Scripture references64 references
Genesis 9
Exodus 2
Deuteronomy 2
1 Samuel 2
2 Samuel 1
1 Kings 3
Job 5
Psalms 3
Ecclesiastes 1
Jeremiah 8
Ezekiel 5
Daniel 3
Hosea 3
Zephaniah 1
Matthew 3
Mark 1
Luke 3
Acts 3
1 Corinthians 2
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
Revelation 2
Sources
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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