ἀποψύχω
apopsýchō · G674 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to faint
To lose one’s consciousness temporarily
ExamplesLuke 21:26 people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀπόfrom+ προσδοκίαexpectation 1
- ἀπόfrom+ φόβοςfear 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐκλύω eklýō · G1590 · to become extremely weary, to give out, to faint from exhaustion
- Greek verb meaning to become weary, exhausted, or faint (e.g., Matt 15:32, Gal 6:9, Heb 12:3, 5); near synonym for ἀποψύχω's sense of fainting/losing strength, though ἐκλύω emphasizes physical or mental exhaustion/weariness while ἀποψύχω focuses on breath/life failing
In the other Testament 2 words
- עָטַף ʻâṭaph · H5848 · to be faint, to be feeble, to be covered
- Hebrew verb for fainting or growing feeble, used of physical/emotional exhaustion (e.g., Ps 77:3, 142:3, 143:4); a natural translation equivalent for ἀποψύχω's sense of fainting/loss of strength
- עָלַף ʻâlaph · H5968 · to become faint, to be covered
- Hebrew verb for fainting or swooning (e.g., Amos 8:13, Jonah 4:8); overlaps closely with ἀποψύχω's core sense of fainting/losing consciousness
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To faint23.184
- In Luke 21:26, describing end-time terrors, Jesus speaks of “people fainting (apopsychóntōn) from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world,” describing a physical collapse brought on by dread.
- To be totally disheartened, to be completely discouraged, to lose heart25.293
- The same passage, Luke 21:26, describes “people fainting (apopsychóntōn) from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken,” capturing not only physical collapse but the utter loss of heart that fear over coming disaster produces.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon to breathe out life, expire; to faint or swoon away: Lk 21:26. (So Thucydides 1, 134;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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