Strong G1709ἐμπνέω
to breath into
- Transliteration
- empneō
- Pronunciation
- emp-neh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐν-πνέω, -ῶ
(Rec. ἐμπ-, see: ἐν) [in LXX: Deu.20:16, Jos.10:28 ff. Jos.11:11, 14 (ptcp. neut., for נֶפֶשׁ, נְשָׁמָה), Wis.15:11 *;]
1. to breathe on.
2. to breathe;
__(a) absol.;
__(b) with genitive part.: figuratively, ἀπειλῆς κ. φόνου, Act.9:1.†
(AS)
(Rec. ἐμπ-, see: ἐν) [in LXX: Deu.20:16, Jos.10:28 ff. Jos.11:11, 14 (ptcp. neut., for נֶפֶשׁ, נְשָׁמָה), Wis.15:11 *;]
1. to breathe on.
2. to breathe;
__(a) absol.;
__(b) with genitive part.: figuratively, ἀπειλῆς κ. φόνου, Act.9:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1709 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- breathing1
First verses
- Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπνέω,
poetry ἐμ-πνείω, future -πνεύσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 555)]; later -πνεύσω [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae” 11)]:—blow or breathe upon, with dative, πόντῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 508)]; ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένῳ, of horses so close behind as to breathe upon one's back, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.502)]; of a lover, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; κατ᾽ οὖρον, ὥσπερ ἱστίοις, ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδε E.[same place]; ἄνεμος ἐμπνεύσας δορί [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 19)]; [αὐλοῖς] ἐμπνεῖν breathe into, play the flute, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.266 (Antip.): with _accusative_ _cognate_, Χείλεσι μοῦσαν ἐ., of Pan, “APl.” 4.226 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus))]:—passive, ἐμπνεόμενα ὄργανα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.67; πνεῦμα -πνεόμενον τῷ αὐλῷ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.54.)]
2 absolutely, breathe in, inhale, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 4)]; but usually,
2.b breathe, live, be alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 671, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 926, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d, etc.)]; τὰ ἐμπνέοντα, ={ἔμψυχα}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.127; ἐ. τᾷ τέχνᾳ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.777 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; of one expiring, βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 883; σμικρὸν ἐμπνέουσ᾽ ἔτι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 205; βραχὺν δὴ βίοτον ἐμπνέων ἔτι [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1246.)]
3 with genitive, breathe of, be laden with, Ἀραβίης ὀδμῆς [NT+5th c.AD+ (Perictione Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.28.19; ἐ. ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου NT.Act.9.1.)]
II transitive, blow into, ἄνεμος μέσον ἱστίον ἐ. swell the sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Bacchum” 33, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.40.)]
II.2 breathe into, infuse into, μένος, θάρσος. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.110, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.381, +others)]; [Μοῦσαι] ἐνέπνευσαν δέ μοι αὐδήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 31; πατρὶ.. πατρὸς ἐνέπνευσεν μένος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.70: also with)]infinitive pro accusative, φᾶρος ἐνέπνευσε φρεσὶν ὑφαίνειν breathed into my mind (i.e. inspired me with the thought) to weave it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.138)]:— passive, to be inspired, ὑπὸ θεοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 16.2; εἰς μαντικήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.421b.)]
poetry ἐμ-πνείω, future -πνεύσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 555)]; later -πνεύσω [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae” 11)]:—blow or breathe upon, with dative, πόντῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 508)]; ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένῳ, of horses so close behind as to breathe upon one's back, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.502)]; of a lover, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; κατ᾽ οὖρον, ὥσπερ ἱστίοις, ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδε E.[same place]; ἄνεμος ἐμπνεύσας δορί [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 19)]; [αὐλοῖς] ἐμπνεῖν breathe into, play the flute, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.266 (Antip.): with _accusative_ _cognate_, Χείλεσι μοῦσαν ἐ., of Pan, “APl.” 4.226 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus))]:—passive, ἐμπνεόμενα ὄργανα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.67; πνεῦμα -πνεόμενον τῷ αὐλῷ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.54.)]
2 absolutely, breathe in, inhale, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 4)]; but usually,
2.b breathe, live, be alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 671, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 926, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d, etc.)]; τὰ ἐμπνέοντα, ={ἔμψυχα}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.127; ἐ. τᾷ τέχνᾳ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.777 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; of one expiring, βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 883; σμικρὸν ἐμπνέουσ᾽ ἔτι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 205; βραχὺν δὴ βίοτον ἐμπνέων ἔτι [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1246.)]
3 with genitive, breathe of, be laden with, Ἀραβίης ὀδμῆς [NT+5th c.AD+ (Perictione Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.28.19; ἐ. ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου NT.Act.9.1.)]
II transitive, blow into, ἄνεμος μέσον ἱστίον ἐ. swell the sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Bacchum” 33, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.40.)]
II.2 breathe into, infuse into, μένος, θάρσος. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.110, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.381, +others)]; [Μοῦσαι] ἐνέπνευσαν δέ μοι αὐδήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 31; πατρὶ.. πατρὸς ἐνέπνευσεν μένος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.70: also with)]infinitive pro accusative, φᾶρος ἐνέπνευσε φρεσὶν ὑφαίνειν breathed into my mind (i.e. inspired me with the thought) to weave it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.138)]:— passive, to be inspired, ὑπὸ θεοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 16.2; εἰς μαντικήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.421b.)]