Breathe Breath

Breathe Breath

'''A — 1: πνοή (Strong'S #4157 — Noun Feminine — pnoe — pno-ay' )

akin to pneo, "to blow," lit., "a blowing," signifies (a) "breath, the breath of life,"  Acts 17:25; (b) "wind,"  Acts 2:2 . See Wind.

'''A — 2: πνεῦμα (Strong'S #4151 — Noun Neuter — pneuma — pnyoo'-mah )

"spirit," also denotes "breath,"  Revelation 11:11;  13:15 , Rv. In  2 Thessalonians 2:8 , the Av has "spirit" for Rv, "breath." See Ghost , Life , Spirit , Wind.

'''B — 1: ἐμπνέω (Strong'S #1709 — Verb — empneo — emp-neh'-o )

lit., "to breathe in, or on," is used in  Acts 9:1 , indicating that threatening and slaughter were, so to speak, the elements from which Saul drew and expelled his breath.

'''B — 2: ἐμφυσάω (Strong'S #1720 — Verb — emphusao — em-foo-sah'-o )

"to breathe upon," is used of the symbolic act of the Lord Jesus in breathing upon His Apostles the communication of the Holy Spirit,  John 20:22 .