Sigh
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to groan," is translated "He sighed" in Mark 7:34 . See Grief , Groan.
"to sigh deeply" (ana, "up," suggesting "deep drawn," and No. 1), occurs in Mark 8:12 . In the Sept., Lamentations 1:4 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. i.) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.
(2): ( v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
(3): ( v. i.) Hence, to lament; to grieve.
(4): ( v. i.) To make a sound like sighing.
(5): ( v. i.) Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
(6): ( v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
(7): ( v. t.) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
(8): ( v. t.) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
King James Dictionary [3]
SIGH, To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual and immediately expel it to suffer a single deep respiration. He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark 8 .
SIGH,
1. To lament to mourn. Ages to come and men unborn Shall bless her name and sigh her fate. 2. To express by sighs. The gentle swain-sighs back her grief.
SIGH, n. A single deep respiration a long breath the inhaling of larger quantity of air than usual, and the sudden emission of it. This is an effort of nature to dilate the lungs and give vigor to the circulation of the blood, when the action of the heart and arteries is languid from grief, depression of spirits, weakness or want of exercise. Hence sighs are indications of grief of debility.
