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Lexicon :: Strong's G1720 - emphysaō

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ἐμφυσάω
Transliteration
emphysaō (Key)
Pronunciation
em-foo-sah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐν (G1722) and phusao (to puff) [cf φύω (G5453)]
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:536,232

Strong’s Definitions

ἐμφυσάω emphysáō, em-foo-sah'-o; from G1722 and φυσάω physáō (to puff) (compare G5453); to blow at or on:—breathe on.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1720 in the following manner: breathe on (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1720 in the following manner: breathe on (1x).

  1. to blow or breathe upon

    The Greek word here used is employed nowhere else in the New Testament, but is the very one used by the Septuagint translators of Gen 2:7: 'And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.' There, man's original creation was completed by this act of God; who, then, can fail to see that here in John 20, on the day of the Saviour's resurrection, the new creation had begun, begun by the Head of the new creation, the last Adam acting as 'a quickening spirit' (1Cr 15:45)!" (Arthur W. Pink, Exposition of the Gospel of John, p. 1100).
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐμφυσάω emphysáō, em-foo-sah'-o; from G1722 and φυσάω physáō (to puff) (compare G5453); to blow at or on:—breathe on.
STRONGS G1720:
ἐμφυσάω, -ῶ [see ἐν, III. 3]: 1 aorist ἐνεφύσησα; to blow or breathe on: τινά, John 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 רוּחַ and πνεῦμα [cf. e. g. Ezekiel 37:5]. (Sept.; Dioscorides, Aretaeus, Geoponica, others; [to inflate, Aristotle, others].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
37:5
John
20:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1720 matches the Greek ἐμφυσάω (emphysaō),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this child’s life[fn] come into him again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:21 - Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them,
do they not die, and that without wisdom?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:31 - And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - The scatterer has come up against you.
Man the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle;[fn]
collect all your strength.
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