Strong's Number G1720

ἐμφυσάω

emphusao · em-foo-sah'-o

Transliteration:

emphusao{em-foo-sah'-o}

Word Origin:

from 1722 and phusao (to puff) [cf 5453]

TDNT:

2:536,232

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to blow at or on

Usage in the KJV:

breathe on 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to blow or breathe upon

This word used only once by the LXX translators in Gen 2:7 where God breathed on Adam and he became a living soul. Just as the original creation was completed by an act of God, so to the new creation was completed by an act from the Head of the new creation. (AWP Jo 20:22)