ἘΜΠΝΕΩΝ, ἐμπνεων
EMPNEŌN, empneōn
Sounds Like: em-PNEH-ohn
Translations: breathing, breathing out, breathing in, inspiring, blowing
From the root: ἘΜΠΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes the act of breathing, either inhaling or exhaling. It can also be used metaphorically to mean 'breathing out' or 'breathing forth' a particular quality or emotion, such as threats or murder, indicating a strong and pervasive presence of that quality. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐν' (in) and 'πνέω' (to breathe, blow).
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1720 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:66
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 9:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΠΝΕΩΣΙ — they breathe, they breathe upon, they breathe in, they inspire
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