Strong G5395φλόξ
flame
- Transliteration
- phlox
- Pronunciation
- flox
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a primary φλέγω phlegō (to flash or flame); a blaze: - flame (-ing).
Detailed definition
φλόξ genitive, φλογός,
[in LXX chiefly for לַהַב, לֶהָבָה;]
a flame: Luk.16:24; φ, πυρός, Act.7:30, 2Th.1:8, Heb.1:7" (LXX), Rev.1:14 2:18 19:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for לַהַב, לֶהָבָה;]
a flame: Luk.16:24; φ, πυρός, Act.7:30, 2Th.1:8, Heb.1:7" (LXX), Rev.1:14 2:18 19:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5395 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- flame6
- flaming1
First verses
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- Acts 7:30And 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.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Hebrews 1:7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
- Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
- Revelation 2:18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
- Revelation 19:12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
φλόξ, ἡ,
genitive φλογός: (φλέγω):— flame of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.71, etc.; δεινὴ δὲ φλὸξ ὦρτο θεείου καιομένοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.135; τῆς δὲ [νηὸς] κατ᾽ ἀσβέστη κέχυτο φλόξ 16.123; κατὰ πῦρ ἐκάη καὶ φλὸξ ἐμαράνθη 9.212; more fully, φλὸξ Ἡφαίστοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.88, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]; πυρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.225, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 8, “Heracl.” 914 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83b, etc. (but also φλογὸς αἰθέριον πῦρ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.56))]; φλογὸς σπέρμα, of live charcoal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.48)]; ἀναιθύσσειν, θύειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 344, “IT” 1331)]; ἐγείρειν, παρακαλεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.24, “Cyr.” 7.5.23; ἐμβαλεῖν τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 4, “Rh.” 120; σβέσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77; φ. ἀπέσσυτο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 859; ἀπορρέουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67c; φλογὸς ἀποσβεσθείσης [prev. work] 58c)]: later in plural, flames, meteors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341b2, “Mu.” 392b3, 400a30, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 178, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.48.)]
2 fire as an element, φλογὸς αἶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 12.2; φ. ἱλάειρα 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 85.)]
3 of other kinds of flame, φ. κεραυνία, οὐρανία, of lightning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1017, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 144 (_anapaest meter_))]; of the heat of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 22, “Pers.” 505, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 696)]; flash of a miraculous cloud, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.206)]; of precious stones, ψυχρὰ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5)]; the blade of a sword, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Josh.3.22, 2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX, 2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.1Ki.17.7.)]
4 in similes and metaphors, φλογὶ εἴκελος, ἶσος, of fiery warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.330, 39)]; φ. οἴνου the fiery strength of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 758; φ. πήματος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 166 (Lyric poetry).)]
II wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.2.)]
genitive φλογός: (φλέγω):— flame of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.71, etc.; δεινὴ δὲ φλὸξ ὦρτο θεείου καιομένοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.135; τῆς δὲ [νηὸς] κατ᾽ ἀσβέστη κέχυτο φλόξ 16.123; κατὰ πῦρ ἐκάη καὶ φλὸξ ἐμαράνθη 9.212; more fully, φλὸξ Ἡφαίστοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.88, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]; πυρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.225, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 8, “Heracl.” 914 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83b, etc. (but also φλογὸς αἰθέριον πῦρ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.56))]; φλογὸς σπέρμα, of live charcoal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.48)]; ἀναιθύσσειν, θύειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 344, “IT” 1331)]; ἐγείρειν, παρακαλεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.24, “Cyr.” 7.5.23; ἐμβαλεῖν τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 4, “Rh.” 120; σβέσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77; φ. ἀπέσσυτο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 859; ἀπορρέουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67c; φλογὸς ἀποσβεσθείσης [prev. work] 58c)]: later in plural, flames, meteors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341b2, “Mu.” 392b3, 400a30, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 178, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.48.)]
2 fire as an element, φλογὸς αἶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 12.2; φ. ἱλάειρα 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 85.)]
3 of other kinds of flame, φ. κεραυνία, οὐρανία, of lightning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1017, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 144 (_anapaest meter_))]; of the heat of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 22, “Pers.” 505, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 696)]; flash of a miraculous cloud, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.206)]; of precious stones, ψυχρὰ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5)]; the blade of a sword, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Josh.3.22, 2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX, 2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.1Ki.17.7.)]
4 in similes and metaphors, φλογὶ εἴκελος, ἶσος, of fiery warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.330, 39)]; φ. οἴνου the fiery strength of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 758; φ. πήματος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 166 (Lyric poetry).)]
II wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.2.)]