Definition

a breathing out (of life), i.e. expiring

Etymology

from H5301 (נָפַח);

Word family

• נָפַח nâphach

How the KJV renders it

• giving up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.