πνευματικός,
πνευματικῇ,
πνευματικόν (
πνεῦμα),
spiritual (
Vulg.spiritalis); in the N. T.
1. relating to the human spirit, or rational soul, as the part of man which is akin to God and serves as his instrument or organ, opposed to
ἡ ψυχή (see
πνεῦμα, 2): hence,
τό πνευματικόν, that which possesses the nature of the rational soul, opposed to
τό ψυχικόν,
1 Corinthians 15:46 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 592 (551));
σῶμα πνευματικόν, the body which is animated and controlled only by the rational soul and by means of which the rational life, of life of the
πενυμα, is lived; opposed to
σῶμα ψυχικόν, verse 44.
2. belonging to a spirit, or a being higher than man but inferior to God (see
πνεῦμα, 3 c.):
τά πνευματικά (i. e. spiritual beings or powers (
R. V. spiritual hosts), cf.
Winer's Grammar, 239 (224))
τῆς πονηρίας (genitive of quality), i. e.
wicked spirits, Ephesians 6:12.
3. belonging to the Divine Spirit;
a. in reference to things;
emanating from the Divine Spirit, or exhibiting its effects and so its character:
χάρισμα,
Romans 1:11;
εὐλογία,
Ephesians 1:3;
σοφία καί σύνεσις πνευματικῇ (opposed to
σοφία σαρκικῇ,
2 Corinthians 1:12;
ψυχική,
James 3:15),
Colossians 1:9;
ᾠδαί, divinely inspired, and so redolent of the Holy Spirit,
Colossians 3:16; (
Ephesians 5:19 Lachmann brackets);
ὁ νόμος (opposed to a
σάρκινος man),
Romans 7:14;
θυσίαι, tropically, the acts of a life dedicated to God and approved by him, due to the influence of the Holy Spirit (tacitly opposed to the sacrifices of an external worship),
1 Peter 2:5; equivalent to
produced by the sole power of God himself without natural instrumeutality, supernatural, βρῶμα,
πόμα,
πέτρα,
1 Corinthians 10:3,
4 ((cf. '
Teaching' etc. 10, 3 [ET]));
πνευματικά, thoughts, opinions, precepts, maxims, ascribable to the Holy Spirit working in the soul,
1 Corinthians 2:13 (on which see
συγκρίνω, 1);
τά πνευματικά, spiritual gifts — of the endowments called
χαρίσματα (see
χάρισμα),
1 Corinthians 12:1;
1 Corinthians 14:1; universally, the spiritual or heavenly blessings of the gospel, opposed to
τά σαρκικά,
Romans 15:27; (
1 Corinthians 9:11).
b. in reference to persons;
one who is filled with and governed by the Spirit of God:
1 Corinthians 2:15 (cf.
1 Corinthians 2:10-13,
16); (
1 Corinthians 3:1);
1 Corinthians 14:37;
Galatians 6:1;
οἶκος πνευματικός, of a body of Christians (see
οἶκος, 1 b. at the end),
1 Peter 2:5. (The word is not found in the O. T. (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 34, 3). In secular writings from
Aristotle, down it means
pertaining to the wind or breath; windy, exposed to the wind; blowing; (but
Sophocles' Lexicon, under the words,
πνεῦμα οὐσία, Cleo. med. 1, 8, p. 46;
τό πνεῦμα τό πάντων τούτων αἴτιον,
Strabo 1, 3, 5, p. 78, 10 edition Kramer; and we find it opposed to
σωματικον in
Plutarch, mor., p. 129 c. (de sanitate praecepta 14); cf.
Anthol. Pal. 8, 76. 175).)
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