Strong's Lexicon
G1720 — ἐμφυσάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1720 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐμφυσάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1722 and phusao "to puff" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | emphusao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | em-foo-sah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to blow at or on |
| KJV Renderings: | breathe on |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμφυσάω, ἐμφύσω (see ἐν, III. 3): 1 aorist ἐνεφύσησα; to blow or breathe on: τινα, Joh 20:22, where Jesus, after the manner of the Hebrew prophets, expresses by the symbolic act of breathing upon the apostles the communication of the Holy Spirit to them — having in view the primary meaning of the words øåÌçÇ and πνεῦμα (cf. e. g. Eze 37:5). (the Sept.; Dioscorides (?), Aretaeus (?), Geoponica, others; (to inflate, Aristotle, others).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐμφυσάω (breathe on)
John 20:22
- KJV: And when he had said this he breathed on and saith unto them Receive ye the Holy Ghost
- GK: και τούτο ειπών ενεφύσησε και λέγει αυτοίς λάβετε πνεύμα άγιον
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