Strong G5394φλογίζω
to kindle
- Transliteration
- phlogizō
- Pronunciation
- flog-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G5395; to cause a blaze that is ignite (figuratively to inflame with passion): - set on fire.
Detailed definition
φλογίζω
(φλόξ), [in LXX: Exo.9:24 (לָקַח hith.), Num.21:14 (†), Psa.97:3 (לָהַט pi.), Da TH Dan.3:27(94) (חָרַךְ ithp.), Sir.3:30, 1Ma.3:5 *;]
to set on fire, burn, burn up: figuratively, Jas.3:6 (on the meaning of the sentence, see Hort, in l).†
(AS)
(φλόξ), [in LXX: Exo.9:24 (לָקַח hith.), Num.21:14 (†), Psa.97:3 (לָהַט pi.), Da TH Dan.3:27(94) (חָרַךְ ithp.), Sir.3:30, 1Ma.3:5 *;]
to set on fire, burn, burn up: figuratively, Jas.3:6 (on the meaning of the sentence, see Hort, in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5394 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fire1
First verses
- James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φλογ-ίζω,
future φλογίσω [prev. author = 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus], but -ιῶ[LXX (LXX.Psa.96(97).3)]:— ={φλέγω}, set on fire, burn, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1199 (_anapaest meter_), LXX [same place], +others)]: singe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1233)]:—passive, to be set on fire, blaze, flame, φλογιζόμενον ἅλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 95 (Lyric poetry))]: to be burnt up, consumed, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 397a29)]: metaphorically, of the tongue, [NT (NT.Jam.3.6 (_active_ and _passive_).)]
II intransitive, burn, blaze, [LXX (LXX.Exo.9.24.)]
future φλογίσω [prev. author = 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus], but -ιῶ[LXX (LXX.Psa.96(97).3)]:— ={φλέγω}, set on fire, burn, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1199 (_anapaest meter_), LXX [same place], +others)]: singe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1233)]:—passive, to be set on fire, blaze, flame, φλογιζόμενον ἅλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 95 (Lyric poetry))]: to be burnt up, consumed, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 397a29)]: metaphorically, of the tongue, [NT (NT.Jam.3.6 (_active_ and _passive_).)]
II intransitive, burn, blaze, [LXX (LXX.Exo.9.24.)]