To expire
ἐκψύχωStrong’s G1634ekpsuchō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekpsuchō is the Greek word usually translated “breathed his last” and “breathed her last”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.”
Meaning
Usually translated “breathed his last” and “breathed her 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 her last 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 5:10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
- Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Greek dictionary
ἐκψύχω ekpsuchō · to expire
ἐκ-ψύχω [in LXX: Jdg.4:21 A (עוּף), Eze.21:7 (כָּהָה pi.)* ;] to expire, breathe one's last: Act.5:5, 10 12:23 (cf. ἐκπνέω; Cremer, 906).† (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.