verb
ekpsuchamō
Strong’sG1634
I breathe my last, die, expire
stem ekpsuch-3 times in the New Testament1 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-ψύχω
[in LXX: Jg 4:21 A (עוּף), Ez 21:7 (כָּהָה pi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1634 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ξω, lose consciousness, swoon, LXX+5th c.BC+; give up the ghost, expire, NT+2nd c.AD+
II to be short of breath, gasp, Refs 4th c.BC+
III passive, to be thoroughly cooled, chilled,Refs 1st c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekpsuchataἐξέψυξεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | breathed … 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 | ekpsuchamō | ekpsuchame | ekpsuchami | ekpsuchama | ekpsuchamē | ekpsuchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpsuchasō | ekpsuchase | ekpsuchasi | ekpsuchasa | ekpsuchasē | ekpsuchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpsuchatō | ekpsuchate | ekpsuchati | ekpsuchata3×ἐξέψυξεν | ekpsuchatē | ekpsuchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekpsuchanō | ekpsuchane | ekpsuchani | ekpsuchana | ekpsuchanē | ekpsuchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpsuchavō | ekpsuchave | ekpsuchavi | ekpsuchava | ekpsuchavē | ekpsuchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpsuchalō | ekpsuchale | ekpsuchali | ekpsuchala | ekpsuchalē | ekpsuchalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpsuchameiō | ekpsuchameia | ekpsuchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpsuchaseiō | ekpsuchaseia | ekpsuchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpsuchateiō | ekpsuchateia | ekpsuchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekpsuchaneiō | ekpsuchaneia | ekpsuchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpsuchaveiō | ekpsuchaveia | ekpsuchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpsuchaleiō | ekpsuchaleia | ekpsuchaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekpsuchasōr | ekpsuchasar | ekpsuchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpsuchatōr | ekpsuchatar | ekpsuchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpsuchavōr | ekpsuchavar | ekpsuchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpsuchalōr | ekpsuchalar | ekpsuchalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpsuchamoiō | ekpsuchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpsuchasoiō | ekpsuchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpsuchatoiō | ekpsuchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekpsuchanoiō | ekpsuchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpsuchavoiō | ekpsuchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpsuchaloiō | ekpsuchaloia |
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 | ekpsucharō | ekpsuchari | ekpsuchara | ekpsucharē |
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 | ekpsucharōntos | ekpsucharintos | ekpsucharantos | ekpsucharēntos |
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
ekpsuch 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
ekpsuchata“breathed … last”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Acts 5:5“breathed … last”… tos Hananios toin logoin houtoin piptarantos ekpsuchata; kai geneta fobos megos epi pantoin …On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard …
Acts 5:10“breathed … last”… parachrēma pros toin podoin autou kai ekpsuchata; eisercharantois de tois neaniskois heuriskala autan …… fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her …
Acts 12:23… doxan to theo, kai generantos skōlēkobrōtos ekpsuchata.… he was eaten by worms and died.