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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1709. ἐμπνέω (empneó) -- To breathe in, to breathe upon, to inspire</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1709.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/9-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1709.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1709</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1708.htm" title="1708">◄</a> 1709. empneó <a href="../greek/1710.htm" title="1710">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">empneó: To breathe in, to breathe upon, to inspire</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐμπνέω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>empneó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>em-pneh'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(emp-neh'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To breathe in, to breathe upon, to inspire<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I breathe, breathe into, inhale.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek preposition "ἐν" (en, meaning "in" or "on") and "πνέω" (pneó, meaning "to breathe" or "to blow").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "empneó," the concept of breath or spirit is often represented by the Hebrew word "רוּחַ" (ruach), which means spirit, wind, or breath.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "empneó" is used to describe the act of breathing in or upon, often implying a sense of inspiration or influence. In a biblical context, it can denote the act of being filled with a particular spirit or emotion, such as zeal or anger.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, breath was often associated with life and spirit. The concept of "breathing in" or "inspiration" was linked to divine influence or empowerment. In the biblical context, this term can reflect the idea of being moved or driven by a powerful internal force, whether divine or otherwise.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> and <a href="/greek/4154.htm">pneó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to breathe (on), to inhale<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>breathing (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1709: ἐμπνέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐμπνέω</span></span> (<span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">ἐνπνέω</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐν</span></span>, III. 3); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to breathe in or on</span> (from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">to inhale</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, others); with partitive genitive, <span class="greek2">ἀπειλῆς</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">φόνου</span>, threatening and slaughter were so to speak the element from which he drew his breath, <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-1.htm">Acts 9:1</a>; see Meyer at the passage, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 30, 9c.; (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 167 (146)); <span class="greek2">ἐμπνέον</span> <span class="greek2">ζωῆς</span>, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> <a href="/interlinear/joshua/10-40.htm">Joshua 10:40</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>breathe. <p>From <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> and <a href="/greek/4154.htm">pneo</a>; to inhale, i.e. (figuratively) to be animated by (bent upon) -- breathe. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4154.htm">pneo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εμπεποδοστάτηκάς εμπνέον έμπνεον εμπνέοντα εμπνέων ἐμπνέων εμποιή εμπολήσομεν ενεπόδιζον ενεπόδισθησαν ενπνεων ἐνπνέων empneon empneōn empnéon empnéōn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/9-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 9:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σαῦλος ἔτι <b>ἐμπνέων</b> ἀπειλῆς καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> still <span class="itali">breathing</span> threats<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> yet <span class="itali">breathing out</span> threatenings<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Saul still <span class="itali">breathing out</span> threats and<p><b><a href="/greek/1709.htm">Strong's Greek 1709</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1709.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/empneo_n_1709.htm">ἐμπνέων — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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