Quick Definition
I breathe, breathe into, inhale
Strong's Definition
to inhale, i.e. (figuratively) to be animated by (bent upon)
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G4154 (πνέω);
KJV Usage: breathe
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμπνέω (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, Act_9:1; see Meyer at the passage, cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 9c.; (Buttmann, 167 (146)); ἐμπνέον ζωῆς, the Sept. Jos_10:40.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπνέω empneō 1x
gen., to breathe into or upon; to respire, breathe;
met. to breathe of, be animated with the spirit of, Act_9:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐν -πνέω , -ῶ
( Rec. ἐμπ -, see ἐν ),
[in LXX : Deu_20:16 , Jos_10:28 ff . Jos_11:11 ; Jos_11:14 ( ptcp . neut ., for H5315 , H5397 ), Wis_15:11 * ;]
1. to breathe on.
2. to breathe;
(a) absol. ;
(b) c . gen . part.: fig ., ἀπειλῆς κ . φόνου , Act_9:1 .†
ἐμ -πνέω , -ῶ , see ἐν Papyri
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμπνέω [page 207]
Kaibel 562 .9f. (ii/iii A.D.)
ἐς δ᾽ ὅσον ἐνπνείει βίοτόν τε ἐπὶ ᾖμαρ ἐρύκει
δύσμορος ἀντλήσει πένθος ἀεξίβιον .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐμπνέω poet. -πνείω fut. -πνεύσομαι aor1 ἐνέπνευσα "to blow or breathe upon", c. dat., Il. , Eur. absol. "to breathe, live, be alive", Aesch. , Soph. , Plat. , etc.; βραχὺν βίοτον ἐμπνέων ἔτι Eur. c. gen. "to breathe of", ἐμπν. φόνου, Lat. caedem spirare, NTest. trans. "to blow into", ἱστίον ἐμπν. "to swell" the sail, Hhymn. "to breathe into, inspire", μένος or θάρσος τινί Hom.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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