Strong G674ἀποψύχω
to faint
- Transliteration
- apopsuchō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ops-oo'-kho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-ψύχω
[in LXX: 4Ma.15:18 *;]
1. to breathe out life, expire (Thue.; LXX, l.with).
2. to leave off breathing, faint (Hom., Od., xxiv, 348): before ἀπό, Luk.21:26.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 4Ma.15:18 *;]
1. to breathe out life, expire (Thue.; LXX, l.with).
2. to leave off breathing, faint (Hom., Od., xxiv, 348): before ἀπό, Luk.21:26.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G674 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fail1
First verses
- Luke 21:26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπο-ψύχω [ῡ]:—
passive, aorist ἀπεψύχθην and ἀπεψύχην [ῠ], see below, also ἀπεψύγην [ῠ] [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.3)]:— leave off breathing, faint, swoon, τὸν δὲ.. εἷλεν ἀποψύχοντα[NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.348; ἀ. ἀπὸ φόβου NT.Luke.21.26.)]
2 with accusative, ἀπέψυξεν βίον breathed out life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1031; πνεῦμα “Anthologia Graeca” 12.72 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus))]: absolutely, expire, die, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, cf. LXX.4Mac.15.17, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 43.11, +others)]; λεπτὸν ἀ. faintly breathing out his life, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.9)]:—also passive, ἀποψύχεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.19)]: aorist 2 ἀπεψύχη[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 104.)]
II cool, chill, ὄψα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 54)]:—passive or middle, to be cooled, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in phrase ἱδρῶ ἀπεψύχοντο χιτώνων στάντε ποτὶ πνοιήν)] they got the sweat dried off their tunics, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.621; ἱδρῶ ἀποψυχθείς (by bathing) 21.561)] (also in active, ἱδρῶ ἀποψύχοντε[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1091))]: generally, grow cold, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.7.3, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἀπεψυγμένοι πρὸς τὸ μέλλον)] cold and indifferent as to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383a4; ἀποψυχόμενοι)]shivering with terror, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.1.145, compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.2)]; but, to be refreshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.27 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
II.2 impersonal, ἀποψύχει it grows cool, ἐπειδὰν ἀποψύχῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242a, cited in 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.45 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, sed to be read ἀποψυχῇ (_aorist 2_ _passive_).)]
III ἀποψύχειν· ἀποπατεῖν, ἀφοδεύειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; compare ἀπόψυγμα.
passive, aorist ἀπεψύχθην and ἀπεψύχην [ῠ], see below, also ἀπεψύγην [ῠ] [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.3)]:— leave off breathing, faint, swoon, τὸν δὲ.. εἷλεν ἀποψύχοντα[NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.348; ἀ. ἀπὸ φόβου NT.Luke.21.26.)]
2 with accusative, ἀπέψυξεν βίον breathed out life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1031; πνεῦμα “Anthologia Graeca” 12.72 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus))]: absolutely, expire, die, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, cf. LXX.4Mac.15.17, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 43.11, +others)]; λεπτὸν ἀ. faintly breathing out his life, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.9)]:—also passive, ἀποψύχεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.19)]: aorist 2 ἀπεψύχη[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 104.)]
II cool, chill, ὄψα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 54)]:—passive or middle, to be cooled, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in phrase ἱδρῶ ἀπεψύχοντο χιτώνων στάντε ποτὶ πνοιήν)] they got the sweat dried off their tunics, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.621; ἱδρῶ ἀποψυχθείς (by bathing) 21.561)] (also in active, ἱδρῶ ἀποψύχοντε[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1091))]: generally, grow cold, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.7.3, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἀπεψυγμένοι πρὸς τὸ μέλλον)] cold and indifferent as to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383a4; ἀποψυχόμενοι)]shivering with terror, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.1.145, compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.2)]; but, to be refreshed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.27 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
II.2 impersonal, ἀποψύχει it grows cool, ἐπειδὰν ἀποψύχῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242a, cited in 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.45 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, sed to be read ἀποψυχῇ (_aorist 2_ _passive_).)]
III ἀποψύχειν· ἀποπατεῖν, ἀφοδεύειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; compare ἀπόψυγμα.