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G674 ἀποψύχω (apopsýchō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I faint, breathe out life, die

Strong's Definition

to breathe out, i.e. faint

Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G5594 (ψύχω);

KJV Usage: hearts failing

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀποψύχω; to breathe out life, expire; to faint or swoon away: Luk_21:26. (So Thucydides 1, 134; Bion 1, 9, others; 4Ma_15:18.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀποψύχω apopsychō 1x pr. to breathe out, faint away, die; met. to faint at heart, be dismayed, Luk_21:26

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀπο -ψύχω , [in LXX : 4Ma_15:18 * ;] 1. to breathe out life, expire (Thue.; LXX , l.c .). 2. to leave off breathing, faint ( Hom ., Od., xxiv, 348): seq . ἀπό , Luk_21:26 .†

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἀποψύχω "to leave off breathing, to faint, swoon", Od. , NTest. c. acc., ἀπέψυξεν βίον "breathed out" life, Soph. : absol., like ἀποπνέω, Lat. exspiro, to expire, die Thuc. "to cool":— Pass., ἱδρῶ ἀπεψύχοντο χιτώνων "they got" the sweat "dried off" their tunics, Il. ; ἱδρῶ ἀποψυχθείς id=Il. ; metaph., ἀπεψυγμένοι "cold, indifferent", Arist. impers., ἀποψύχει "it grows, cool, the air cools", Plat.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-ψύχω [in LXX: 4Ma.15:18 * ;] __1. to breathe out life, expire (Thue.; LXX, l.with). __2. to leave off breathing, faint (Hom., Od., xxiv, 348): before ἀπό, Luk.21:26.† (AS)

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