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breath of life

breath of life noun: divine animation; that which brings life into living things.

Noun

breath of life

  1. Divine animation; that which brings life into living things.
    • And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, & breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a liuing soule.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:7
    • He it was who had bespangled the soils with russet leaves and reeds and who had breathed the breath of life into beings.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 20

Questions about breath of life

What does breath of life mean?
Breath of life means divine animation; that which brings life into living things.
What part of speech is breath of life?
Breath of life is a noun.

Words near breath of life in the dictionary

  1. breath marks
  2. breath mint
  3. breath mints
  4. breath of fresh air
  5. breath of heaven
  6. breath of life
  7. breath play
  8. breath spray
  9. breath sprays
  10. breath strip
  11. breath strips

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