King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1709
Transliteration: empneō
Phonetic Spelling: (emp-neh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to breathe (on), to inhale
Meaning: to breathe (on), to inhale
ἐμπνέω (T WH ἐνπνέω, see ἐν, III. 3);
Word 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.