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To faint

ἀποψύχωStrong’s G0674

apopsuchō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Apopsuchō is the Greek word usually translated “when are fainting”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”
Luke 21:26 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “when are fainting”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • when are fainting 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀποψύχω apopsuchō · to faint

    ἀπο-ψύχω [in LXX: 4Ma.15:18 * ;] 1. to breathe out life, expire (Thue.; LXX, l.with). 2. to leave off breathing, faint (Hom., Od., xxiv, 348): before ἀπό, Luk.21:26.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “faint” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FAINT, adjective

    [Latin vanus, whence to vanish. Eng. to wane.]

    1. weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, to be rendered faint by excessive evacuations.
    2. Weak; feeble; languid; exhausted; as faint with fatigue, hunger or thirst.
    3. Weak, as color; not bright or vivid; not strong; as a faint color; a faint red or blue; a faint light.
    4. Feeble; weak, as sound; not loud; as a faint sound; a faint voice.
    All definitions and other forms of “faint”
    1. Imperfect; feeble; not striking; as a faint resemblance or image.
    2. Cowardly; timorous.
    3. Feeble; not vigorous; not active; as a faint resistance; a faint exertion.
    4. Dejected; depressed; dispirited.“My heart is faint” Lamentations 1:22

    FAINT, verb intransitive

    1. To lose the animal functions; to lose strength and color, and become senseless and motionless; to swoon; sometimes with away. he fainted for loss of blood.
    2. To become feeble; to decline or fail in strength and vigor; to be weak.“If I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way” Mark 8:3
    3. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit.“Let not your hearts faint” Deuteronomy 20:3“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small” Proverbs 24:10
    4. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

    FAINT, verb transitive

    To deject; to depress; to weaken. [Unusual.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.