Word Summary
ekpsychō: to expire, breathe one's last
Original Word: ἐκψύχωTransliteration: ekpsychō
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-psoo'-kho)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to expire, breathe one's last
Meaning: to expire, breathe one's last
Strong's Concordance
give up the ghost.
From ek and psucho; to expire -- give (yield) up the ghost.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK psucho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1634: ἐκψύχωἐκψύχω: 1 aorist
ἐξεψυξα;
to expire, to breathe out one's life (see
ἐκπνέω):
Acts 5:5, 10;
Acts 12:23. (
Hippocrates (
), Jamblichus.)