ΕΜΦΥΣΗΣΑΙ, εμφυσησαι
EMPHYSĒSAI, emphysēsai
Sounds Like: em-fy-SEE-sai
Translations: to breathe into, to blow upon, to inspire
From the root: ΕΜΦΥΣΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of breathing or blowing into something or someone, often with the implication of imparting life, spirit, or divine inspiration. It can be used in contexts where a breath is given, such as God breathing life into Adam, or Jesus breathing on his disciples to give them the Holy Spirit. It signifies an act of vital impartation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1720 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 6:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΦΥΣΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΦΥΣΑΙ — to breathe into, to blow into, to inspire
- ἘΜΦΥΣΑΩ — to breathe on, to breathe into, to blow on, to blow into
- ἘΝΕΦΥΣΕΝ — breathed into, blew into, inspired
- ἘΝΕΦΥΣΗΣΕ — he breathed into, he blew upon, he inspired
- ἘΝΕΦΥΣΗΣΕΝ — he breathed into, he blew upon, he breathed on
- ἘΝΕΦΥΣΙΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were inflated, they were puffed up, they were filled with pride
- ΕΜΦΥΣΑΙ — to breathe into, to blow into, to inspire
- ΕΜΦΥΣΑΩ — to breathe into, to blow into, to inspire
- ΕΝΕΦΥΣΗΣΕ — he breathed into, he blew into
- ΕΝΕΦΥΣΗΣΕΝ — he breathed on, he breathed into, he blew into
- ΕΝΕΦΥΣΙΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they breathed into, they blew into, they inspired
- ΕΝΦΥΣΑ — he breathed on, he blew into, he inspired
- ΕΝΦΥΣΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having breathed into, having inspired, having blown into
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