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G1634 ἐκψύχω (ekpsýchō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I breathe my last, die, expire

Strong's Definition

to expire

Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G5594 (ψύχω);

KJV Usage: give (yield) up the ghost

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκψύχω: 1 aorist ἐξεψυξα; to expire, to breathe out one's life (see ἐκπνέω): Act_5:5; Act_5:10; Act_12:23. (Hippocrates (), Jamblichus.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκψύχω ekpsych ō 3x to expire, give up one s spirit, Act_5:5 ; Act_5:10 ; Act_12:23

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐκ -ψύχω , [in LXX : Jdg_4:21 A ( H5774 ), Eze_21:7 ( H3543 pi .) * ;] to expire, breathe one's last: Act_5:5 ; Act_5:10 ; Act_12:23 ( cf. ἐκπνέω ; Cremer , 906).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐκψύχω [page 200] To Hobart s (p. 37) medical instances of this rare verb, which is confined in the NT to Lk ( Act_5:5 ; Act_5:10 ; Act_12:23 ), we may now add Herodas iv. 29 οὐκ ἐρεῖς αὐτήν , | ἢν μὴ λάβῃ τὸ μῆλον , ἐκ τάχα ψύξειν , where the tmesis gives a gasping effect that suits the sense admirably. MGr ξεψύχω .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐκψύχω fut. ξω "to give up the ghost, expire", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-ψύχω [in LXX: Jdg.4:21 A (עוּף), Eze.21:7 (כָּהָה pi.)* ;] to expire, breathe one's last: Act.5:5, 10 12:23 (cf. ἐκπνέω; Cremer, 906).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (3)

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