Dictionary entry

Blow

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

blo (nashaph): Used with reference to the wind (Ex 15:10;Ps 78:26;147:18; pneo, "to breathe,"Lu 12:55;Joh 3:8;Re 7:1); taqa`, with reference to trumpet sound (Nu 10:3-10;31:6the King James Version;Jud 7:18,20;1Ki 1:34;1Ch 15:24;Ps 81:3;Eze 33:3,6;Ho 5:8;Joe 2:1,15); puach, with reference to the strong expulsion of the breath (Eze 21:31;22:20,21;Hag 1:9;Isa 40:7;54:16;Job 20:26); nashaph, with reference to a forcible slap or stroke with hand or an instrument (Ps 39:10;Isa 40:24;Jer 14:17the King James Version).

Frank E. Hirsch