Lexical Summary empneō: to breathe (on), to inhale Original Word: ἐμπνέωTransliteration: empneō Phonetic Spelling: (emp-neh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to breathe (on), to inhale Meaning: to breathe (on), to inhale Strong's Concordance breathe. From en and pneo; to inhale, i.e. (figuratively) to be animated by (bent upon) -- breathe. see GREEK en see GREEK pneo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1709: ἐμπνέωἐμπνέω (T WH ἐνπνέω, see ἐν, III. 3); 1. to breathe in or on (from Homer down). 2. to inhale (Aeschylus, Plato, others); with partitive genitive, ἀπειλῆς καί φόνου, threatening and slaughter were so to speak the element from which he drew his breath, Acts 9:1; see Meyer at the passage, cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 9c.; (Buttmann, 167 (146)); ἐμπνέον ζωῆς, the Sept. Joshua 10:40. |
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