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Lexicon :: Strong's G2545 - kaiō

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καίω
Transliteration
kaiō (Key)
Pronunciation
kah'-yo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:464,390

Strong’s Definitions

καίω kaíō, kah'-yo; apparently a primary verb; to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume:—burn, light.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2545 in the following manner: burn (10x), did burn (with G2258) (1x), light (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2545 in the following manner: burn (10x), did burn (with G2258) (1x), light (1x).

  1. to set on fire, light, burning

  2. to burn, consume with fire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καίω kaíō, kah'-yo; apparently a primary verb; to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume:—burn, light.
STRONGS G2545:
καίω (Vanicek, p. 98); passive, present καίομαι; perfect participle κεκαυμενος; 1 future καυθήσομαι (1 Corinthians 13:3 Tdf., where R G L Tr give the solecistic future subjunctive καυθήσωμαι, on which cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 720f; Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 e.; Buttmann, 35f (31)); (Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40; WHs Appendix, p. 172; Tdf Proleg., p. 122. WH text, Lachmann's stereotyped edition read καυχήσωμαι (with א A B etc.); on this reading see WHs Appendix, ad loc.; A. W. Tyler in Bib. Sacr. for July 1873, p. 502f; cf. Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 629f; Tregelles, Printed Text etc., p. 191f; Tdf. ad loc.; Bp. Lghtft on Col., 7th ed., p. 395 n.); the Sept. for בִּעֵר, שָׂרַף etc.; (from Homer down);
1. to set fire to, light: λύχνον, Matthew 5:15; passive participle καιόμενος, burning, Luke 12:35; Revelation 4:5; Revelation 8:10; Revelation 19:20; with πυρί added, Hebrews 12:18; Revelation 8:8; Revelation 21:8; in figurative discourse λύχνος καιόμενος, a light showing the right way, John 5:35 (a comparison pointed at the Jews, to whom John the Baptist had been as a torch lighted for a merry-making); metaphorically, ἡ καρδία ἦν καιομένη was glowing, burning, i. e. was greatly moved, Luke 24:32 (Winers Grammar, § 45, 5; Buttmann, § 144, 28).
2. to burn, consume with fire: passive, John 15:6; 1 Corinthians 13:3 (see above); with πυρί added (cf. igni cremare, Caesar b. g. 1, 4), Matthew 13:40 G Tr for R L T WH κατακαίεται. (Compare: ἐκκαίω, κατακαίω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:15; 13:40
Luke
12:35; 24:32
John
5:35; 15:6
1 Corinthians
13:3; 13:3
Hebrews
12:18
Revelation
4:5; 8:8; 8:10; 19:20; 21:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2545 matches the Greek καίω (kaiō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:15 - nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:35 -

“Be dressed and ready for active service, and keep your lamps continuously burning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:32 - They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:35 - “John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:6 - “If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:3 - If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body [fn]to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 -

For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:5 - From the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder. Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are [fn]the seven Spirits of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:8 -

The second angel sounded [his trumpet], and something like a great mountain blazing with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third of the sea was turned to blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10 -

The third angel sounded [his trumpet], and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch [flashing across the sky], and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of [fresh] waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:20 - And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:8 - “But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
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