1606. ekpneó
Berean Strong's Lexicon
ekpneó: To breathe out, to expire

Original Word: ἐκπνέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ekpneó
Pronunciation: ek-pneh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-pneh'-o)
Definition: To breathe out, to expire
Meaning: (lit: I breathe out), I breathe my last, expire.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition "ἐκ" (ek, meaning "out of") and "πνέω" (pneó, meaning "to breathe").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of breath or spirit is רוּחַ (ruach, Strong's H7307), which means breath, wind, or spirit.

Usage: The verb "ekpneó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of breathing one's last breath, or dying. It is a term that conveys the finality of life, often used in the context of Jesus' crucifixion and the death of martyrs. The word emphasizes the physical act of expiring, highlighting the moment of death.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of breath was closely associated with life and spirit. The act of breathing one's last was seen as the departure of the life force or spirit from the body. In Jewish thought, breath (ruach in Hebrew) was also linked to the divine breath of life given by God. Thus, "ekpneó" carries both a physical and spiritual connotation, marking the transition from earthly life to the afterlife.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ek and pneó
Definition
to breathe out, expire
NASB Translation
breathed His last (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1606: ἐκπνέω

ἐκπνέω: 1 aorist ἐξέπνευσα; to breathe out, breathe out one's life, breathe one's last, expire: Mark 15:37, 39; Luke 23:46, and often in Greek writings, both without an object (from (Sophocles Aj. 1026) Euripides down), and with βίον or ψυχήν added (from Aeschylus down).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
give up the ghost.

From ek and pneo; to expire -- give up the ghost.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK pneo

Forms and Transliterations
εκποιή εκποιήσει εκπολεμήσαι εκπολεμήσαντες εκπολεμήσας εκπολεμήσωμεν εκπολιορκησάτωσαν εξέπνευσε εξεπνευσεν εξέπνευσεν ἐξέπνευσεν εξεποίει εξεπολέμει εξεπολέμησαν εξεπολιόρκησεν εξεπολιόρκουν exepneusen exépneusen
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Englishman's Concordance
Mark 15:37 V-AIA-3S
GRK: φωνὴν μεγάλην ἐξέπνευσεν
NAS: a loud cry, and breathed His last.
KJV: voice, and gave up the ghost.
INT: a cry loud breathed his last

Mark 15:39 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὅτι οὕτως ἐξέπνευσεν εἶπεν Ἀληθῶς
NAS: the way He breathed His last, he said,
KJV: cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said,
INT: that thus he breathed his last said Truly

Luke 23:46 V-AIA-3S
GRK: δὲ εἰπὼν ἐξέπνευσεν
NAS: this, He breathed His last.
KJV: thus, he gave up the ghost.
INT: moreover having said he breathed his last

Strong's Greek 1606
3 Occurrences


ἐξέπνευσεν — 3 Occ.

















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