Quick Definition
to breathe
Strong's Definition
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
TWOT Reference: 1390
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life)
1a) (Qal) to breathe, blow
1b) (Pual) to be blown
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life)
1a) (Qal) to breathe, blow
1b) (Pual) to be blown
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָפַח
nâphach
BDB Definition:
1) to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life)
1a) (Qal) to breathe, blow
1b) (Pual) to be blown
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1390
Total KJV Occurrences: 11