Strong G1572ἐκκαίω
be enflamed
- Transliteration
- ekkaiō
- Pronunciation
- ek-kah'-yo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-καίω
[in LXX chiefly for בָּעַר;]
1. to burn up.
2. to kindle. Pass., to burn: metaphorically, of the passions (cf. Sir.16:6, Job.3:17), Rom.1:27.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בָּעַר;]
1. to burn up.
2. to kindle. Pass., to burn: metaphorically, of the passions (cf. Sir.16:6, Job.3:17), Rom.1:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1572 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- burn1
First verses
- Romans 1:27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκκαίω,
Attic dialect ἐκκάω, future -καύσω: aorist I ἐξέκαυσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134)], but participle ἐκκέαντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 97)]:—burn out, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; τὸ φῶς Κύκλωπος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 633, compare 657 (_anapaest meter_))]:—passive, ἐκκάεσθαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς to have one's eyes burnt out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473c.)]
II light up, kindle, τὰ πυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rh.” [prev. cited]; ἐκκέας τῶν ξύλων ἅττ᾽ ἂν ᾖ δανότατα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1133 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἐ. πόλεμον, ἐλπίδα, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.3.3, 5.108.5; τοὺς θυμούς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.35; τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὀργήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 7)]; provoke to anger, ἔκ με κάεις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.49)]; inflame with curiosity, excite, τινά [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 30; ἴσῃ φιλοτιμίᾳ πρός τε τὸν δῆμον ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τὸν δῆμον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ἐκκαύσαντες 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 2)]:—passive, to be kindled, burn up, τὸ πῦρ ἐκκάεται [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 340; ἐ. τὸ κακόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556a; ὀργὴν ἐκκαῆναι LXX.2Ki.24.1; ὁ δῆμος ἐξεκάετο 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 13, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cal.” 3, etc.; ἐ. εἰς ἔρωτα 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.67, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus I.I; ὑπὸ μέθης 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 24.2.)]
II.2 stimulate, τὴν βλάστησιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.1.3.)]
III scorch, ἐκκαίων ὁ ἥλιος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 867a20)]; of thirst, parch, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dips.” 4.)]
Attic dialect ἐκκάω, future -καύσω: aorist I ἐξέκαυσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134)], but participle ἐκκέαντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 97)]:—burn out, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; τὸ φῶς Κύκλωπος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 633, compare 657 (_anapaest meter_))]:—passive, ἐκκάεσθαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς to have one's eyes burnt out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473c.)]
II light up, kindle, τὰ πυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rh.” [prev. cited]; ἐκκέας τῶν ξύλων ἅττ᾽ ἂν ᾖ δανότατα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1133 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἐ. πόλεμον, ἐλπίδα, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.3.3, 5.108.5; τοὺς θυμούς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.35; τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὀργήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 7)]; provoke to anger, ἔκ με κάεις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.49)]; inflame with curiosity, excite, τινά [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 30; ἴσῃ φιλοτιμίᾳ πρός τε τὸν δῆμον ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τὸν δῆμον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ἐκκαύσαντες 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 2)]:—passive, to be kindled, burn up, τὸ πῦρ ἐκκάεται [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 340; ἐ. τὸ κακόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556a; ὀργὴν ἐκκαῆναι LXX.2Ki.24.1; ὁ δῆμος ἐξεκάετο 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 13, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cal.” 3, etc.; ἐ. εἰς ἔρωτα 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.67, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus I.I; ὑπὸ μέθης 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 24.2.)]
II.2 stimulate, τὴν βλάστησιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.1.3.)]
III scorch, ἐκκαίων ὁ ἥλιος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 867a20)]; of thirst, parch, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dips.” 4.)]