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Dictionaries :: Burn, Burning

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g2545 Greek: kaio

Burn, Burning:

"to set fire to, to light;" in the Passive Voice, "to be lighted, to burn," Mat 5:15; Jhn 15:6; Hbr 12:18; Rev 4:5; 8:8, 10; 19:20; 21:8; 1Cr 13:3, is used metaphorically of the heart, Luk 24:32; of spiritual light, Luk 12:35; Jhn 5:35.
See LIGHT.

A-2 Verb Strong's Number: g2618 Greek: katakaio

Burn, Burning:

from kata, "down" (intensive), and No. 1 signifies "to burn up, burn utterly," as of chaff, Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17; tares, Mat 13:30, 40; the earth and its works, 2Pe 3:10; trees and grass, Rev 8:7. This form should be noted in Act 19:19, 1Cr 3:15; Hbr 13:11; Rev 17:16. In each place the full rendering "burn utterly" might be used, as in Rev 18:8.

A-3 Verb Strong's Number: g1572 Greek: ekkaio

Burn, Burning:

from ek, "out" (intensive), and No. 1, lit., "to burn out," in the Passive Voice, "to be kindled, burn up," is used of the lustful passions of men, Rom 1:27.

A-4 Verb Strong's Number: g4448 Greek: puroomai

Burn, Burning:

from pur, "fire, to glow with heat," is said of the feet of the Lord, in the vision in Rev 1:15; it is translated "fiery" in Eph 6:16 (of the darts of the evil one); used metaphorically of the emotions, in 1Cr 7:9; 2Cr 11:29; elsewhere literally, of the heavens, 2Pe 3:12; of gold, Rev 3:18 (RV, "refined").
See FIERY, FIRE, TRY.

A-5 Verb Strong's Number: g1714 Greek: empipremi

Burn, Burning:

or empretho, "to burn up," occurs in Mat 2:7.

B-1 Noun Strong's Number: g2740 Greek: kausis

Burn, Burning:

akin to A, No. 1 (Eng., "caustic"), is found in Hbr 6:8, lit., "whose end is unto burning." Cp. BRANDED.

B-2 Noun Strong's Number: g2742 Greek: kauson

Burn, Burning:

is rendered "burning heat" in Jam 1:11, AV (RV, "scorching").
See HEAT.

B-3 Noun Strong's Number: g4451 Greek: purosis

Burn, Burning:

akin to A. No. 4, is used literally in Rev 18:9, 18; metaphorically in 1Pe 4:12, "fiery trial."
See TRIAL.

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