UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐμφυσάω

MainId: 001733000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1720

BaseForms:

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