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verb

Greekἐμπνέω (empneō)
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empnamō

Strong’sG1709

I breathe, breathe into, inhale

stem empn-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-πνέω, -ῶ, v.s. ἐνπ-.

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

Strong’s G1709 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidemp-neh'-o

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

Fromfrom G1722 and G4154;

King Jamesbreathe.

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
ἐμπνέω,
poetry ἐμ-πνείω, future -πνεύσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+; later -πνεύσω Refs 5th c.AD+:—blow or breathe upon, with dative, πόντῳ Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένῳ, of horses so close behind as to breathe upon one's back, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a lover, Refs 5th c.AD+; κατ᾽ οὖρον, ὥσπερ ἱστίοις, ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδε E.[same place]; ἄνεμος ἐμπνεύσας δορί Refs; [αὐλοῖς] ἐμπνεῖν breathe into, play the flute, Refs 7th c.BC+:—passive, ἐμπνεόμενα ὄργανα Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 absolutely, breathe in, inhale, Refs 5th c.BC+; but usually,
2.b breathe, live, be alive, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἐμπνέοντα, ={ἔμψυχα}, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of one expiring, βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with genitive, breathe of, be laden with, Ἀραβίης ὀδμῆς NT+5th c.AD+
II transitive, blow into, ἄνεμος μέσον ἱστίον ἐ. swell the sail, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 breathe into, infuse into, μένος, θάρσος. τινί, Refs 8th c.BC+; [Μοῦσαι] ἐνέπνευσαν δέ μοι αὐδήν Refs 8th c.BC+infinitive pro accusative, φᾶρος ἐνέπνευσε φρεσὶν ὑφαίνειν breathed into my mind (i.e. inspired me with the thought) to weave it, Refs 8th c.BC+:— passive, to be inspired, ὑπὸ θεοῦ 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.

breathing1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
empnarōntosἐμπνέωνhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculinebreathing1×

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, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularempnamōempnameempnamiempnamaempnamēempnamelē
you 2nd person singularempnasōempnaseempnasiempnasaempnasēempnaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularempnatōempnateempnatiempnataempnatēempnatelē
we 1st person pluralempnanōempnaneempnaniempnanaempnanēempnanelē
ye 2nd person pluralempnavōempnaveempnaviempnavaempnavēempnavelē
they 3rd person pluralempnalōempnaleempnaliempnalaempnalēempnalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularempnameiōempnameiaempnameiē
you 2nd person singularempnaseiōempnaseiaempnaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularempnateiōempnateiaempnateiē
we 1st person pluralempnaneiōempnaneiaempnaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralempnaveiōempnaveiaempnaveiē
they 3rd person pluralempnaleiōempnaleiaempnaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularempnasōrempnasarempnasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularempnatōrempnatarempnatēr
ye 2nd person pluralempnavōrempnavarempnavēr
they 3rd person pluralempnalōrempnalarempnalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularempnamoiōempnamoia
you 2nd person singularempnasoiōempnasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularempnatoiōempnatoia
we 1st person pluralempnanoiōempnanoia
ye 2nd person pluralempnavoiōempnavoia
they 3rd person pluralempnaloiōempnaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceempnarōempnariempnaraempnarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceempnarōntos1×ἐμπνέωνempnarintosempnarantosempnarēntos

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

empn 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

empnarōntos“breathing”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 9:1Tos de Saulos ēti empnarōntos apeilau kai fonou eis toin mathētoin …Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples …