verb
ekpnamō
Strong’sG1606
I breathe my last, expire
stem ekpn-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἐκ-πνέω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1606 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect ἐκ-πνείω Refs 4th c.AD+, imperfect -είεσκον Refsfuture -πνεύσομαι or -οῦμαι:— breathe out or forth, κεραυνὸς ἐκπνέων φλόγα Refs 5th c.BC+
2 βίον ἐ. breathe one's last, expire, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, lose power, Refs; lose lustre, of pearls, Refs
3 lose breath, of a runner, Refs 4th c.BC+
II absolutely, cease blowing, become calm, [ὁ δῆμος] ἴσως ἂν ἐκπνεύσειε Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκπέπνευκε καὶ λελώφηκεν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 blow out or outwards, of a wind, ἔσωθεν ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; burst out, σμικροῦ νέφους..ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών Refs 5th c.BC+; but simply, blow, of wind, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekpnataἐξέπνευσεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | breathed his last | 3× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpnamō | ekpname | ekpnami | ekpnama | ekpnamē | ekpnamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpnasō | ekpnase | ekpnasi | ekpnasa | ekpnasē | ekpnaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpnatō | ekpnate | ekpnati | ekpnata3×ἐξέπνευσεν | ekpnatē | ekpnatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekpnanō | ekpnane | ekpnani | ekpnana | ekpnanē | ekpnanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpnavō | ekpnave | ekpnavi | ekpnava | ekpnavē | ekpnavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpnalō | ekpnale | ekpnali | ekpnala | ekpnalē | ekpnalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpnameiō | ekpnameia | ekpnameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpnaseiō | ekpnaseia | ekpnaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpnateiō | ekpnateia | ekpnateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekpnaneiō | ekpnaneia | ekpnaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpnaveiō | ekpnaveia | ekpnaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpnaleiō | ekpnaleia | ekpnaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekpnasōr | ekpnasar | ekpnasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpnatōr | ekpnatar | ekpnatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpnavōr | ekpnavar | ekpnavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpnalōr | ekpnalar | ekpnalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpnamoiō | ekpnamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpnasoiō | ekpnasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpnatoiō | ekpnatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekpnanoiō | ekpnanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpnavoiō | ekpnavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpnaloiō | ekpnaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekpnarō | ekpnari | ekpnara | ekpnarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekpnarōntos | ekpnarintos | ekpnarantos | ekpnarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ekpn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
ekpnata“breathed his last”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Mark 15:37tos de Iēsus afiēkarantos fōnan megan ekpnata.… let out a loud cry and breathed His last.
Mark 15:39… parastēarēntos ek enantiau autou hoti houtōs ekpnata legata; Alēthōs houtos tos anthrōpos huios …… of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was …
Luke 23:46… tem pneumem mu. houtem de legarantos ekpnata.… when He had said this, He breathed His last.