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- adjective Inspired or possessed by a
god .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek θεόπνευστος, from θεός ("god") + stem of πνεῖν ("to breathe, blow").
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Examples
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Of the influence of a point of view even remotely akin to the priestly position that worship in this or that special place is of more value than anywhere else, and on that account alone deserves to be preserved, no trace is to be found in them; their polemic is a purely prophetic one, i.e., individual, "theopneust" in the sense that it is independent of all traditional and preconceived human opinions.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
fbharjo commented on the word theopneust
theopneust breath of god in&ex spire - yahway
January 12, 2007
seanahan commented on the word theopneust
This seems different than theopneusty
January 13, 2007
she commented on the word theopneust
See theopneustic
July 9, 2008