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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.)
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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 69 times in 63 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 3:2–Jer 43:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in [fn]flaming fire out of the bush, and he sees that the bush burns with fire,—but the bush was not consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - And do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - in the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that is [fn]before the ark of the covenant, shall Aaron and his sons burn it from evening until morning, before the Lord: it is a perpetual ordinance [fn]throughout your generations of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - Ye shall not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day; I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - and they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burnt on the ashes poured out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - (LXX 6:2) Charge Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of whole-burnt-offering; this is the whole-burnt-offering in its burning on the altar all the night till the morning; and the fire of the altar shall burn on it, it shall not be put out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - (LXX 6:5) And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole-burnt-offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13 - (LXX 6:6) And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - outside the veil in the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening until morning before the Lord continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - Ye shall burn the lamps on the pure lamp-stand before the Lord till the morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the fire, for the mountain burned with fire, that ye came to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were [fn]in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, it shall burn to hell below; it shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; it shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - and a man shall not labour among them; and one shall have that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is to be born to the house of David, [fn]Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, even of them that sacrifice upon thee, and he shall burn men's bones upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34 - For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21 - And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - (LXX 41:11) Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 - (LXX 41:12) Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - (LXX 7:14) And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the [fn]raging ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - (LXX 49:3) God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - And he shall come, and it shall be with regard to every place of mount Sion, yea, all the region round about it shall a cloud overshadow by day, and there shall be as it were the smoke and light of fire burning by night: and upon all the glory shall be a defence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - (LXX 9:17) And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 - but the Lord of hosts shall send dishonour upon thine honour, and burning fire shall be kindled upon thy glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and he shall sanctify him with burning fire, and it shall devour the wood as grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18 - In that day the mountains shall be consumed, and the hills, and the forests, and fire shall devour both soul and body: and he that flees shall be as one fleeing from burning flame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, the name of the Lord comes after a long time, burning wrath: the word of his lips is with glory, a word full of anger, and the anger of his wrath shall devour as fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - For thou shalt be required before thy time: has it been prepared for thee also to reign? nay, God has prepared for thee a deep trench, wood piled, fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord shall be as a trench kindled with sulphur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yea, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and of the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not [fn]rest, until her righteousness go forth as light, and my salvation burn as a torch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - who say, Depart from me, draw not nigh to me, for I am pure. This is the smoke of my wrath, a fire burns with it continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, my anger and wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon every tree of their field, and upon the fruits of the land; and it shall burn, and not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 - And I will enslave thee to thine enemies round about, in a land which thou hast not known; for a fire has been kindled out of my wrath; it shall burn upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was as burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - (LXX 39:29) and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burnt incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - (LXX 41:2) Thus has the Lord said; Go to Sedekias king of Juda, and thou shalt say to him, Thus has the Lord said, This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it, and shall burn it with fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - (LXX 44:8) and the Chaldeans themselves shall turn again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - (LXX 44:10) And though ye should smite the whole host of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be left a few wounded men, these should rise up each in his place, and burn this city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - (LXX 45:18) But if thou wilt not go forth, this city shall be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt by no means escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - (LXX 50:12) And he shall kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and shall burn them, and shall carry them away captives: and shall search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his garment; and he shall go forth in peace.

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