θεόπνευστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ πνέω (pnéō, “to blow, breathe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.pneu̯s.tos/ → /θeˈo.pneɸs.tos/ → /θeˈo.pnefs.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.pneu̯s.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.pnews.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.pneɸs.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.pnefs.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.pnefs.tos/

Adjective

θεόπνευστος • (theópneustos) m or f (neuter θεόπνευστον); second declension

1. God-breathed, inspired by God
   • Pseudo-Phocylides 121
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.904F
   • New Testament, Second Epistle to Timothy 3:16

Inflection

Second declension of θεόπνευστος; θεόπνευστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θεόπνευστος theópneustos	θεόπνευστον theópneuston		θεοπνεύστω theopneústō	θεοπνεύστω theopneústō		θεόπνευστοι theópneustoi	θεόπνευστᾰ theópneusta
Genitive		θεοπνεύστου theopneústou	θεοπνεύστου theopneústou		θεοπνεύστοιν theopneústoin	θεοπνεύστοιν theopneústoin		θεοπνεύστων theopneústōn	θεοπνεύστων theopneústōn
Dative		θεοπνεύστῳ theopneústōi	θεοπνεύστῳ theopneústōi		θεοπνεύστοιν theopneústoin	θεοπνεύστοιν theopneústoin		θεοπνεύστοις theopneústois	θεοπνεύστοις theopneústois
Accusative		θεόπνευστον theópneuston	θεόπνευστον theópneuston		θεοπνεύστω theopneústō	θεοπνεύστω theopneústō		θεοπνεύστους theopneústous	θεόπνευστᾰ theópneusta
Vocative		θεόπνευστε theópneuste	θεόπνευστον theópneuston		θεοπνεύστω theopneústō	θεοπνεύστω theopneústō		θεόπνευστοι theópneustoi	θεόπνευστᾰ theópneusta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεοπνεύστως theopneústōs			θεοπνευστότερος theopneustóteros			θεοπνευστότᾰτος theopneustótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θεόπνευστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεόπνευστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεόπνευστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2315 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible