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The term "expired" in the context of the Bible often refers to the end of life or the cessation of breath, marking the moment of death. This concept is deeply rooted in the biblical understanding of life and mortality, where life is seen as a breath given by God and its cessation as a return to Him.

Biblical Usage and Context

In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word often translated as "expired" is "gava," which means to breathe out or to give up the ghost. This term is used to describe the death of several patriarchs and significant figures. For instance, Genesis 25:8 states, "Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years, and he was gathered to his people." Here, "breathed his last" is synonymous with "expired," indicating the end of Abraham's earthly life.

Similarly, in Genesis 49:33 , the death of Jacob is described: "When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people." The phrase "breathed his last" again signifies the moment of expiration, marking the transition from life to death.

Theological Significance

The concept of expiration in the Bible is not merely a physical event but carries profound theological implications. Life is viewed as a divine gift, and its end is a return to the Creator. Ecclesiastes 12:7 reflects this understanding: "Then the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it." This verse underscores the belief that while the body returns to the earth, the spirit returns to God, highlighting the transient nature of earthly life and the eternal nature of the soul.

The expiration of life is also seen as a moment of divine sovereignty. Job 14:5 states, "Since his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have set his limits, and he cannot exceed them." This verse emphasizes God's control over the lifespan of individuals, affirming that the timing of one's expiration is within God's ordained plan.

New Testament Perspective

In the New Testament, the concept of expiration is often linked with the hope of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ. The death and resurrection of Jesus provide a new understanding of expiration, transforming it from a final end to a passage into eternal life. John 11:25-26 records Jesus' words: "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die." Here, the expiration of physical life is not the end but a transition to a promised eternal life for believers.

The Apostle Paul also addresses this in 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 : "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory.' 'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?'" This passage reflects the Christian hope that expiration is not a defeat but a victory through Christ.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of expiration encompasses both the physical end of life and the theological implications of returning to God. It is a moment marked by divine sovereignty and hope, as believers look forward to the promise of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Expire.

Strong's Hebrew

4390. male -- to be full, to fill
... completion (1), confirm (1), consecrate* (3), consecrated* (4), covered (1), dedicate
(1), drenched (1), drew (1), ended (1), endowed (1), expired (1), fill (38 ...
/hebrew/4390.htm - 7k

8666. teshubah -- a return, answer
... answer, be expired, return. Or tshubah {tesh-oo-baw'}; from shuwb; a recurrence
(of time or place); a reply (as returned) -- answer, be expired, return. ...
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Library

Answer to Mr. W's Fourth Objection.
... most affectionate friends bury them, or carry them out to be buried: as have they
also, who have on them such evident tokens of their being expired, that their ...
/.../section iv answer to mr.htm

Answer to Mr. W's Sixth Objection.
... But by this our Lord did not intend to deny that she was expired, but to assure
them in a modest way, that she would be raised up as it were out of sleep. ...
/.../section vi answer to mr.htm

Acts V
... for the event which immediately followed. (5) "And Ananias, hearing these
words, fell down and expired. And great fear came upon ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts v.htm

The Earthquake.
... I saw the soul of Jesus, at the moment he expired, appear under the form of a bright
orb, and accompanied by angels, among whom I distinguished the angel ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xlvi the earthquake.htm

The Retreat from Scythia.
... strictly by those orders, and so break up the bridge and go down the river with
their boats as soon as the two months should have expired, they should not be ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter ix the retreat from.htm

Chapter xxv
... years. And Abraham expired and died at a good age, an old man and having
had his fill (of days), and he was gathered to his people. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxv.htm

John xix. 16-18
... doth. For He did not, when He had expired, bow His head, as happens with
us, but when He had bent His head, then He expired. By ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxxv john xix 16-18.htm

Death and Life in Christ
... Oh! ye who would be save'd, believe that Jesus died; believe that the Son of
God expired; trust that death to save you, and you are saved. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/death and life in christ.htm

The Life of Mr. David Dickson.
... own weak servant.". Mr. Dickson continued preaching till the twenty days
were expired, and then began his journey. But the earl of ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr david 3.htm

The Fountain of Grace.
... They give what they call three days' grace after the sixty or ninety days have expired;
but they will make the borrower pay interest on the money during these ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sovereign grace/chapter i the fountain of.htm

Thesaurus

Expired (29 Occurrences)
...Expired (29 Occurrences). Matthew 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud
voice, expired. ... Mark 15:37 And Jesus, having uttered a loud cry, expired. ...
/e/expired.htm - 15k

Expire (14 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct;
as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday ...
/e/expire.htm - 10k

Peoples (305 Occurrences)
... NIV). Genesis 25:8 And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, old and
full of days; and was gathered to his peoples. (DBY). Genesis ...
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Presently (25 Occurrences)
... Acts 5:10 and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men
having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried 'her ...
/p/presently.htm - 14k

Oh (164 Occurrences)
... Numbers 20:3 and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that
we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah! (YLT). ...
/o/oh.htm - 34k

Strive (64 Occurrences)
... Numbers 20:3 and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that
we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah! (YLT). ...
/s/strive.htm - 25k

Jacob (361 Occurrences)
... he had served seven years; but to Jacob these years "seemed but a few days, for
the love he had to her." But when the seven years were expired, Laban craftily ...
/j/jacob.htm - 77k

Ichabod (2 Occurrences)
... stood by her," but named the child that was born "Ichabod" ie, no glory, saying,
"The glory is departed from Isreal;" and with that word on her lips she expired...
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Ish'mael (40 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty
and seven years; and he expired and died; and was gathered unto his people. ...
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Elapsed (5 Occurrences)
... (DBY NAS). 1 Samuel 18:26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David
well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired; (See NIV). ...
/e/elapsed.htm - 7k

Resources

How did Timothy die? | GotQuestions.org

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Why should I believe in Christ's resurrection? | GotQuestions.org

Expired: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Expired (29 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:50
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, expired.
(WBS)

Mark 15:37
And Jesus, having uttered a loud cry, expired.
(DBY WBS)

Mark 15:39
And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God.
(DBY WBS)

Luke 21:24
They will fall by the sword, or be carried off into slavery among all the Gentiles. And Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, till the appointed times of the Gentiles have expired.
(WEY)

Luke 23:46
And Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired.
(DBY WBS)

John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and expired.
(WBS)

Acts 5:5
And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard it.
(DBY WBS)

Acts 5:10
And she fell down immediately at his feet and expired. And when the young men came in they found her dead; and, having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 7:30
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 12:23
And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
(DBY YLT)

Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
(KJV WBS)

Genesis 7:21
And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawling things which crawl on the earth, and all mankind:
(DBY)

Genesis 25:8
And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, old and full of days; and was gathered to his peoples.
(DBY JPS WBS)

Genesis 25:17
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples.
(DBY JPS WBS)

Genesis 35:29
And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
(DBY JPS WBS)

Genesis 49:33
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.
(DBY JPS WBS)

Numbers 17:12
And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, 'Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;
(YLT)

Numbers 20:3
and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
(YLT)

Numbers 20:29
and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days -- all the house of Israel.
(YLT)

Joshua 22:20
Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 18:26
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
(KJV WBS)

1 Chronicles 17:11
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
(KJV)

1 Chronicles 20:1
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
(KJV WBS)

2 Chronicles 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
(KJV WBS)

Esther 1:5
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
(KJV DBY WBS)

Job 10:18
And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.
(DBY WBS)

Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, they have deceived me; my priests and mine elders have expired in the city, while they sought them food to revive their soul.
(DBY YLT)

Ezekiel 43:27
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
(KJV WBS)

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