BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G5448
phusioō — to inflate
φυσιόω, -ῶ (φῦσα, bellows), = cl. φυσάω, to puff or blow up, inflate. Metaphorical, to puff up, make proud: 1Co.8:1. Pass., to be puffed up with pride: 1Co.4:18-19 5:2 13:4; before ὑπό, Col.2:18; before ὑπὲρ . . . κατά, 1Co.4:6 (on the form of the subjc., see M, Pr., 54; Bl., § 22, 3).† (AS)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4647
map.pu.ach — bellow
bellows
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8569
ourios — a rotten egg
1. with a fair wind , Lat. vento secundo, οὔρ. πλοῦς, δρόμος a prosperous voyage, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. metaphorically prosperous, successful , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;neuter plural οὔρια as adverb, (Euripides) 3. prospering, favouring, fair , of winds, (Euripides); comically of the bellows, οὐρίᾳ ῥιπίδι (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. οὐρία (i.e. πνοή); = οὖρος, a fair wind , οὐρίᾳ ἐφιέναι (i.e. ἑαυτόν); to run before the wind, (Plato Philosophus); so, ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσα (i.e. δρόμων); after having run a fair course , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἀφήσω ἐμαυτὸν οὔριον (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. Ζεὺς οὔριος, as sending fair winds , i. e. conducting things to a happy issue , [6th/5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9685
phusētēr — a pair of bellows
an instrument for blowing, blowpipe or tube , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Occurs only in Jer. 6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather bags similar to those common in Egypt.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
