To expire
ἐκπνέωStrong’s G1606ekpneō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekpneō is the Greek word usually translated “breathed his last”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.”
Meaning
Usually translated “breathed his last”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he breathed his last 2
- breathed his last 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 15:39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
- Luke 23:46And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Greek dictionary
ἐκπνέω ekpneō · to expire
ἐκ-πνέω, -ῶ, to breathe out; sc. βίον, ψυχήν (expressed in cl., Æsch., al.; cf. LS, see word), to breathe one's last, expire: Mrk.15:37, 39 Luk.23:46. For force of aorist, see Swete, Mrk.15:37.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “expire” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXPI'RE, verb transitive
[Latin expiro, for exspiro; ex and spiro, to breathe.]
- To breathe out; to throw out the breath from the lungs; opposed to inspire.
- To exhale; to emit in minute particles, as a fluid or volatile matter.
- To conclude.
All definitions and other forms of “expire”
EXPI'RE, verb intransitive
To emit the last breath, as an animal; to die; to breathe the last.
- To perish; to end; to fail or be destroyed; to come to nothing; to be frustrated.
- To fly out; to be thrown out with force. [Unusual.]
- To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to close or conclude, as a given period.“When forty years had expired” Acts 7:30
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.