ἘΜΠΝΕΩΣΙ, ἐμπνεωσι
EMPNEŌSI, empneōsi
Sounds Like: em-PNEH-oh-see
Translations: they breathe, they breathe upon, they breathe in, they inspire
From the root: ἘΜΠΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of breathing, often with the sense of breathing upon or into something, or being inspired. It can refer to the physical act of respiration or, metaphorically, to a powerful influence or inspiration, such as a spirit or divine power breathing into someone. It is the third person plural present active indicative form of the verb.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1720 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:13
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.
- ἘΜΠΝΕΩΝ — breathing, breathing out, breathing in, inspiring, blowing
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