Word Study · Strong's G1634 · Greek
ἐκψύχω
ekpsycho
ek-psoo'-kho
Strong's 1890 spelling: ekpsýchō
“to expire”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to expire
Rendered in the KJV as
give (yield) up the ghost.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἐξέψυξεν.1
- ἐξέψυξεν.¶1
- ἐξέψυξεν·1
How it is rendered · 2
- he breathed his last.2
- breathed her last;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular3
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- V-AAI-3S · 3
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 5:5ἐξέψυξεν.exepsuxenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularOn hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.here: he breathed his last.
- Acts 5:10ἐξέψυξεν·exepsuxenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAt that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.here: breathed her last;
- Acts 12:23ἐξέψυξεν.¶exepsuxenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularImmediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.here: he breathed his last.