verb

Greekἐμφυσάω (emfusaō)

Biblang

emfusamō

Strong’sG1720

I breathe into, breathe upon

stem emfus-once 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.

ἐμ-φυσάω, -ῶ

(< φυσάω, to blow), [in LXX for נָפַח, etc.;]

to breathe into (cf. Ge 2:7, Wi 15:11, a1.), breathe upon: Jo 20:22.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1720 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidem-foo-sah'-o

to blow at or on

Fromfrom G1722 and φυσάω (to puff) (compare G5453);

King Jamesbreathe on.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐμφῡσ-άω,
blow in, ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας Refs 2nd c.AD+; αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε breathed into the flute, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἴνῳ ἐ. Refs
II breathe upon, τινί, εἴς τινα, LXX+NT
III blow up, inflate, τὸ μὲν [τῆς τροφῆς] ἐμφυσᾶν, τὸ δὲ σαρκοῦν Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, to be inflated or, generally, swollen, Refs 5th 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.

breathed on1×

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
emfusataἐνεφύσησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	breathed on	1×

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, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	emfusamō	emfusame	emfusami	emfusama	emfusamē	emfusamelē
you 2nd person singular	emfusasō	emfusase	emfusasi	emfusasa	emfusasē	emfusaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emfusatō	emfusate	emfusati	emfusata1×ἐνεφύσησεν	emfusatē	emfusatelē
we 1st person plural	emfusanō	emfusane	emfusani	emfusana	emfusanē	emfusanelē
ye 2nd person plural	emfusavō	emfusave	emfusavi	emfusava	emfusavē	emfusavelē
they 3rd person plural	emfusalō	emfusale	emfusali	emfusala	emfusalē	emfusalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	emfusameiō	emfusameia	emfusameiē
you 2nd person singular	emfusaseiō	emfusaseia	emfusaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emfusateiō	emfusateia	emfusateiē
we 1st person plural	emfusaneiō	emfusaneia	emfusaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	emfusaveiō	emfusaveia	emfusaveiē
they 3rd person plural	emfusaleiō	emfusaleia	emfusaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	emfusasōr	emfusasar	emfusasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emfusatōr	emfusatar	emfusatēr
ye 2nd person plural	emfusavōr	emfusavar	emfusavēr
they 3rd person plural	emfusalōr	emfusalar	emfusalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	emfusamoiō	emfusamoia
you 2nd person singular	emfusasoiō	emfusasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	emfusatoiō	emfusatoia
we 1st person plural	emfusanoiō	emfusanoia
ye 2nd person plural	emfusavoiō	emfusavoia
they 3rd person plural	emfusaloiō	emfusaloia

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	emfusarō	emfusari	emfusara	emfusarē

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	emfusarōntos	emfusarintos	emfusarantos	emfusarēntos

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

emfusstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

emfus 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.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

emfusata“breathed on”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

John 20:22kai houtem legarantos emfusata kai legatō autoi; Labavar pneumem hagiem;When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy …