Definition

to expire

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G5594 (ψύχω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• ψύχω psýchō

How the KJV renders it

• give (yield) up the ghost

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.