UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ψύχομαι

Sense 1: to faint

Semantic entry: 23.184

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: to lose one’s consciousness temporarily

Notes: It is possible that ἀποψύχω in OET LUK 21:26 refers primarily to a psychological experience rather than a physiological one. Some scholars, however, have interpreted ἀποψύχω in this context as meaning ‘to die.’ For another interpretation of ἀποψύχω in OET LUK 21:26, see ἀποψύχω[b] 25.293: ἀποψύχω.

Show passage in OET: LUK 21:26

OET-RV LUK 21:26

26 People will faint from fear and worry about what’s happening to the planet, because the powers in the universe will be shaken.

OET-LV LUK 21:26

26 people fainting from fear and expectation of _the things coming _over to _the inhabited _world, because/for the powers of _the heavens will _be _being _shaken.

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Sense 2: to be totally disheartened, to be completely discouraged, to lose heart

Semantic entry: 25.293

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Discouragement

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀποψύχω[a] ‘to faint,’ 23.184: ἀποψύχω) to become totally disheartened and thus ready to give up

Notes: For another interpretation of ἀποψύχω in OET LUK 21:26, see ἀποψύχω[a] 23.184: ἀποψύχω.