Strong's Lexicon
G1634
G1634 — ἐκψύχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1634 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκψύχω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G5594 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | ekpsucho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-psoo'-kho |
| Meaning: | 1. to expire |
| KJV Renderings: | give (yield) up the ghost |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκψύχω: 1 aorist ἐξεψυξα; to expire, to breathe out one’s life (see ἐκπνέω): Act 5:5; Act 5:10; Act 12:23. (Hippocrates (), Jamblichus.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκψύχω (give (yield) up the ghost)
Acts 5:5
- KJV: And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost and great fear came on all them that heard these things
- GK: ακούων δε ο Ανανίας τους λόγους τούτους πεσών εξέψυξε και εγένετο φόβος μέγας επί πάντας τους ακούοντας ταύτα
Acts 5:10
- KJV: Then fell she down straightway at his feet and yielded up the ghost and the young men came in and found her dead and carrying forth buried by her husband
- GK: έπεσε δε παραχρήμα παρά τους πόδας αυτού και εξέψυξεν εισελθόντες δε οι νεανίσκοι εύρον αυτήν νεκράν και εξενέγκαντες έθαψαν προς τον άνδρα αυτής
Acts 12:23
- KJV: And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him because he gave not God the glory and he was eaten of worms and gave up the ghost
- GK: παραχρήμα δε επάταξεν αυτόν άγγελος κυρίου ανθ΄ ουκ έδωκε την δόξαν τω θεώ και γενόμενος σκωληκόβρωτος εξέψυξεν