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ἐμφυσάω

MainId: 001733000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1720

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001733001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'φυσάω', 'Meanings': [{'LanguageCode': 'en', 'Meaning': 'blow, puff'}, {'LanguageCode': 'zhT', 'Meaning': '吹，噴出'}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001733001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 23.185

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States

      LEXSubDomains: Breathe, Breath

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-25 06:52:46

         DefinitionShort: to breathe upon something

         Glosses: to breathe on

         Comments: The process of breathing on someone may have very important symbolic implications. In some instances this can be related to a blessing, as in {S:04302002200008}, but in some languages the act of breathing on a person almost inevitably suggests some harmful influence, often connected with the use of black magic. It may therefore be important to select some less specific term so as to avoid a symbolic meaning which would considerably distort the significance of this one passage in which ἐμφυσάω occurs in the NT.

      LEXReferences: YHN 20:22