ἀποψύχωapopsýchō
to breathe out, i.e. faint
Greek (New Testament) · G674
Meanings
1. to breathe out life, expire (Thuc.; LXX, 4 Maccabees 15:18).
2. to leave off breathing, faint (Hom., Od., xxiv, 348): followed by ἀπό, Luke 21:26.
Same root
- ἀπόapó · G575"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
- 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 1 times in the Bible.
- Luke 21:26 People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.