Strong G381ἀνάπτω
to set fire
- Transliteration
- anaptō
- Pronunciation
- an-ap'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀν-άπτω
[in LXX chiefly for יָצָא;]
to kindle: Luk.12:49, Jas.3:5 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָצָא;]
to kindle: Luk.12:49, Jas.3:5 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G381 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kindle2
- be1
- kindleth1
First verses
- Luke 12:49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
- James 3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνάπτω,
make fast on or to, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), ἐκ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ [ἱστοῦ] πείρατ᾽ ἀνῆπτον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.179, compare 51, 162; πρυμνήσι᾽ ἀνάψαι 9.137: with _dative_, γαίῃ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.177; ἀ. τι πρός τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1012:)] — middle, ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ ἀναψόμεσθα πρυμνήτην κάλων to him will we moor our bark, i.e. he shall be our protector, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 770, etc.)]; θεοῖσι κῆδος ἀνάψασθαι form a close connexion with.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 845)]; χάριτας ἔς τινα ἀ. confer favours on.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 569)]; also, fasten to oneself, ἐπιστολὴν ἐκ τῶν δακτύλων ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36)]; take in tow, ναῦν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.19, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 8; τὸ κράτος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.474)]:—passive, to be fastened or fasten oneself on to, cling to, with genitive, πέπλων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 629: with _dative_, κίοσιν [prev. work] 1038 (probably, Lyric poetry))]; have a thing fastened on one, περιβόλαι᾽ ἀνήμμεθα [Refs ([prev. work] 549.)]
2 hang up in a temple, offer up, like{ἀνατίθημι}, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀγάλματ᾽ ἀνῆψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.274, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 572, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 853, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.11, 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 256.)]
3 metaphorically, fasten upon, attach to, μῶμον ἀνάψαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.86)]; αἷμα ἀ. τινί a charge of bloodshed, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1196, compare 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 70, etc.; κήδε᾽ ἀνῆπταί τινι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.245)]; ascribe, refer to, τοὺς λόγους εἰς ἀριθμοὺς ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1078b22; ἀρχήν, αἰτίαν ἀ. εἰς τὸν Πύθιον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6, etc.)]; χάριν ἀ. τινί ascribe a favour to him, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 46; τὴν χάριν εἰς Καίσαρα πάντων ἀνῆπτεν [prev. author] “Brut.” 6; τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἀνάψασι 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.3)]:—middle, attach oneself, πρὸς πολλούς[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.8.)]
II light up, kindle, λύχνα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.133; πῦρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1137; φῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39b; πυρὶ ἀ. δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1594: _metaphorically_, νέφος οἰμωγῆς ὡς τάχ᾽ ἀνάψει [prev. author] “Med.” 107)]:—passive, to be kindled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.31, etc.)]
II.2 inflame with anger, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 68.35)]:—passive,[Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 33.15, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.22)]; excite emotionally, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 1425.20.)]
II.3 intransitive, to be lighted up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 841a32.)]
make fast on or to, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), ἐκ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ [ἱστοῦ] πείρατ᾽ ἀνῆπτον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.179, compare 51, 162; πρυμνήσι᾽ ἀνάψαι 9.137: with _dative_, γαίῃ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.177; ἀ. τι πρός τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1012:)] — middle, ἐκ τοῦδ᾽ ἀναψόμεσθα πρυμνήτην κάλων to him will we moor our bark, i.e. he shall be our protector, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 770, etc.)]; θεοῖσι κῆδος ἀνάψασθαι form a close connexion with.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 845)]; χάριτας ἔς τινα ἀ. confer favours on.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 569)]; also, fasten to oneself, ἐπιστολὴν ἐκ τῶν δακτύλων ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.36)]; take in tow, ναῦν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.19, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 8; τὸ κράτος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.474)]:—passive, to be fastened or fasten oneself on to, cling to, with genitive, πέπλων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 629: with _dative_, κίοσιν [prev. work] 1038 (probably, Lyric poetry))]; have a thing fastened on one, περιβόλαι᾽ ἀνήμμεθα [Refs ([prev. work] 549.)]
2 hang up in a temple, offer up, like{ἀνατίθημι}, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀγάλματ᾽ ἀνῆψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.274, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 572, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 853, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.11, 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 256.)]
3 metaphorically, fasten upon, attach to, μῶμον ἀνάψαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.86)]; αἷμα ἀ. τινί a charge of bloodshed, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1196, compare 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 70, etc.; κήδε᾽ ἀνῆπταί τινι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.245)]; ascribe, refer to, τοὺς λόγους εἰς ἀριθμοὺς ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1078b22; ἀρχήν, αἰτίαν ἀ. εἰς τὸν Πύθιον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6, etc.)]; χάριν ἀ. τινί ascribe a favour to him, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 46; τὴν χάριν εἰς Καίσαρα πάντων ἀνῆπτεν [prev. author] “Brut.” 6; τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἀνάψασι 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.3)]:—middle, attach oneself, πρὸς πολλούς[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.8.)]
II light up, kindle, λύχνα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.133; πῦρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1137; φῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39b; πυρὶ ἀ. δόμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1594: _metaphorically_, νέφος οἰμωγῆς ὡς τάχ᾽ ἀνάψει [prev. author] “Med.” 107)]:—passive, to be kindled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.31, etc.)]
II.2 inflame with anger, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 68.35)]:—passive,[Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 33.15, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.22)]; excite emotionally, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 1425.20.)]
II.3 intransitive, to be lighted up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 841a32.)]