Strong’s G1709 · Greek

ἐμπνέω
empnéō

Definition

to inhale, i.e. (figuratively) to be animated by (bent upon)

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and G4154 (πνέω);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • breathe

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.