Word Summary
anapsyxis: a recovery of breath, a refreshing
Original Word: ἀνάψυξιςTransliteration: anapsyxis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-aps'-ook-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a recovery of breath, a refreshing
Meaning: a recovery of breath, a refreshing
Strong's Concordance
revival.
From anapsucho; properly, a recovery of breath, i.e. (figuratively) revival -- revival.
see GREEK anapsucho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.)