Lexicon anapsuxis: a recovery of breath, a refreshing Original Word: ἀνάψυξις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anapsuxis Phonetic Spelling: (an-aps'-ook-sis) Short Definition: refreshing, refreshment Definition: a refreshing, refreshment. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 403 anápsyksis – properly, breathe easily (again); hence, refreshing; " 'cooling,' or 'reviving with fresh air' " (WS, 230), used only in Ac 3:20. See 404 (anapsyxō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anapsuchóDefinitiona recovery of breath, a refreshing NASB Translationrefreshing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 403: ἀνάψυξιςἀνάψυξις, ἀναψύξεως, ἡ ( ἀναψύχω, which see), a cooling, refreshing: Acts 3:20 (19), of the Messianic blessedness to be ushered in by the return of Christ from heaven; Vulg.refrigerium. ( Exodus 8:15; Philo de Abr. § 29; Strabo 10, p. 459: and in ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's revival. From anapsucho; properly, a recovery of breath, i.e. (figuratively) revival -- revival. see GREEK anapsucho |
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