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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 69 times in 63 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 3:2–Jer 43:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of [fn]a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - “You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - “In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations [fn]for the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - “You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - [fn]that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a clean place outside the camp where the [fn]ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the [fn]ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - ‘The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13 - ‘Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - “Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - “He shall keep the lamps in order on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - “So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire is kindled in My anger,
And burns to the lowest part of [fn]Sheol,
And consumes the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - But the man who touches them
Must be [fn]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they will be completely burned with fire in their [fn]place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34 - “For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of [fn]the corrupt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21 - “The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - “For it would be fire that consumes to [fn]Abaddon,
And would uproot all my [fn]increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - “Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 - “Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - He has also prepared [fn]for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - May our God come and not keep silence;
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - then the LORD will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their root will become like rot and their blossom [fn]blow away as dust;
For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 - Therefore the Lord, the [fn]GOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors;
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame,
And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18 - And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, the name of the LORD comes from a [fn]remote place;
Burning is His anger and [fn]dense is His [fn]smoke;
His lips are filled with indignation
And His tongue is like a consuming fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - For [fn]Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[fn]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - Sinners in Zion are terrified;
Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with [fn]continual burning?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - [fn]Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also makes a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
Who [fn]encircle yourselves with firebrands,
Walk in the light of your fire
And among the brands you have set ablaze.
This you will have from My hand:
You will lie down in torment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - “Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My [fn]nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - Therefore thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 - “Then I will cause your enemies to bring [fn]it
Into a land you do not know;
For a fire has been kindled in My anger,
It will burn upon you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus says the LORD:
“Administer justice [fn]every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the [fn]power of his oppressor,
That My wrath may not go forth like fire
And burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - “The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him: “Thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - ‘For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - ‘But if you will not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and you yourself will not escape from their hand.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - “And [fn]I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

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