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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἐμπνέω
ἐμπνέω
G1709
Transliteration: empnéō
Pronunciation: emp-neh'-o
Definition: breathe
- Original: ἐμπνέω - Transliteration: Empneo - Phonetic: emp-neh'-o
- Definition:
1. to breathe in or on
2. to inhale
a. threatenings and slaughter were so to speak the element from which he drew his breath
- Origin: from G1722" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1722 and G4154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4154 - TDNT entry: 13:32,9 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1722" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1722 and G4154" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4154; to inhale that is (figuratively) to be animated by (bent upon): - breathe.