- Original: ἐμφυσάω - Transliteration: Emphusao - Phonetic: em-foo-sah'-o - Definition: 1. to blow or breathe upon. This word used only once by the LXX translators in Genesis 2:7 where God breathed on Adam and he became a living soul. Just as the original creation was completed by an act of God, so to the new creation was completed by an act from the head of the new creation. (AWP Joh 20:22) - Origin: from G1722 and phusao (to puff) [cf G5453 ] - TDNT entry: 10:56,2 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1722 and φυσάω phusaō(to puff; compare G5453 ); to blow at or on: - breathe on. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • on, 1 Joh 20:22