Blow

King James Dictionary

BLOW, n. This probably is a contracted word, and the primary sense must be, to strike, thrust, push, or throw, that is, to drive. I have not found it in the cognate dialects. If g or other palatal letter is lost, it corresponds in elements with the L.plaga

fligo Eng.flog.

1. The act of striking more generally the stroke a violent application of the hand, fist, or an instrument to an object.

2. The fatal stroke a stroke that kills hence, death.

3. An act of hostility as, the nation which strikes the first blow. Hence, to come to blows, is to engage in combat, whether by individuals, armies, fleets or nations and when by nations, it is war.

4. A sudden calamity a sudden or severe evil. In like manner, plaga in Latin gives rise to the Eng. plague.

5. A single act a sudden event as, to gain or lose a province at a blow, or by one blow.

At a stroke is used in like manner.

6. An ovum or egg deposited by a fly, on flesh or other substance, called a fly-blow.

BLOW, pret. blew pp.blown. L.flo, to blow. This word probably is from the same root as bloom, blossom, blow, a flower.

1. To make a current of air to move as air as, the wind blows. Often used with it as, it blows a gale.

2. To pant to puff to breathe hard or quick.

Here is Mrs. Page at the door, sweating and blowing.

3. To breathe as, to blow hot and cold.

4. To sound with being blown, as a horn or trumpet.

5. To flower to blossom to bloom as plants.

How blows the citron grove.

To blow over, to pass away without effect to cease or be dissipated as, the storm or the clouds are blown over.

To blow up, to rise in the air also, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder.

BLOW, To throw or drive a current of air upon as, to blow the fire also, to fan.

1. To drive by a current of air to impel as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

2. To breathe upon, for the purpose of warming as, to blow the fingers in a cold day.

3. To sound a wind instrument as, blow the trumpet.

4. To spread by report.

And through the court his courtesy was blown.

5. To deposit eggs, as flies.

6. To form bubbles by blowing.

7. To swell and inflate, as veal a practice of butchers.

8. To form glass into a particular shape by the breath, as in glass manufactories.

9. To melt tin, after being first burnt to destroy the mundic.

To blow away, to dissipate to scatter with wind.

To blow down, to prostrate by wind.

To blow off, to shave down by wind, as to blow off fruit from trees to drive from land, as to blow off a ship.

To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle.

To blow up,to fill with air to swell as, to blow up a bladder or a bubble.

10. To inflate to puff up as, to blow up one with flattery.

11. To kindle as, to blow up a contention.

12. To burst, to raise into the air,or to scatter, by the explosion of gunpowder. Figuratively, to scatter or bring to naught suddenly as, to blow up a scheme.

To blow upon, to make stale as, to blow upon an author's works.

BLOW, n. A flower a blossom. This word is in general use in the U. States, and legitimate. In the Tatler, it is used for blossoms in general, as we use blowth.

1. Among seamen, a gale of wind. This also is a legitimate word, in general use in the U. States.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words

Tâqa‛ ( תָּקַע, Strong'S #8628), “to strike, give a blast, clap, blow, drive.” Found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, this word occurs in the Hebrew Old Testament nearly 70 times. In the verse where tâqa‛ first occurs, it is found twice: “Jacob had pitched [ tâqa‛ ] his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead” (Gen. 31:25). The meaning here is that of “striking” or “driving” a tent peg, thus “pitching” a tent. The same word is used of Jael’s “driving” the peg into Sisera’s temple (Judg. 4:21). The Bible also uses tâqa‛ to describe the strong west wind that “drove” the locusts into the Red Sea (Exod. 10:19). Tâqa‛ expresses the idea of “giving a blast” on a trumpet. It is found seven times with this meaning in the story of the conquest of Jericho (Josh. 6:4, 8-9, 13, 16, 20). To “strike” one’s hands in praise or triumph (Ps. 47:1) or “shake hands” on an agreement (Prov. 6:1; 17:18; 22:26) are described by this verb. To “strike” the hands in an agreement was a surety or guarantor of the agreement.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ῥάπισμα

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(Strong'S #4475 — Noun Neuter — rhapisma — hrap'-is-mah )

(a) "a blow with a rod or staff," (b) "a blow with the hand, a slap or cuff," is found in three places; of the maltreatment of Christ by the officials or attendants of the high priest, Mark 14:65 , RV, "received (according to the most authentic mss.) Him with blows of their hands," (AV, "did strike Him with the palms of their hands"); that they received, or took, Him would indicate their rough handling of Him; John 18:22; 19:3; in all three places the RV marg. gives the meaning (a), as to the use of a rod.

Matthew 26:67 Matthew 5:39Smite.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

Job 20:26 (b) This represents the terrible judgment which GOD will bring on a disobedient person without a human instrument. It is a divine punishment sent by GOD Himself.

Song of Solomon 4:16 (b) This is symbolical of the ministry of the Spirit in giving or withholding or in providing what is needed to make the garden fruitful. The "wind" is a type of the Holy Spirit in His ministry. (See also John 3:8).

Haggai 1:9 (b) Here we see a type of GOD's punishment and curse upon that which disobedient Israel sought to accomplish. See also Isaiah 40:7 and Isaiah 40:24; Ezekiel 21:31; Ezekiel 22:21.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

blō ( נשׁף , nāshaph ): Used with reference to the wind ( Exodus 15:10; Psalm 78:26; Psalm 147:18; πνέω , pnéō , "to breathe," Luke 12:55; John 3:8; Revelation 7:1 ); תּקע , tāḳa‛ , with reference to trumpet sound ( Numbers 10:3-10; Numbers 31:6 the King James Version; Judges 7:18 , Judges 7:20; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Chronicles 15:24; Psalm 81:3; Ezekiel 33:3 , Ezekiel 33:6; Hosea 5:8; Joel 2:1 , Joel 2:15 ); פיּח , pūaḥ , with reference to the strong expulsion of the breath ( Ezekiel 21:31; Ezekiel 22:20 , Ezekiel 22:21; Haggai 1:9; Isaiah 40:7; Isaiah 54:16; Job 20:26 ); נשׁף , nāshaph , with reference to a forcible slap or stroke with hand or an instrument ( Psalm 39:10; Isaiah 40:24; Jeremiah 14:17 the King James Version).