ἐκψύχωekpsýchō
to expire, breathe one's last: Acts 5:5, Acts 5:10, Acts 12:23.
Greek (New Testament) · G1634
Same root
- ἐκek · G1537literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ψύχωpsýchō · G5594to breathe (voluntarily but gently, thus differing on the one hand from G4154 (πνέω), which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of G109 (ἀήρ), which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), i.e. (by implication, of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Acts 5:5 As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.
- Acts 5:10 Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
- Acts 12:23 Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.