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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 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked - and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - "You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - all the rest of the bull - he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - "Command Aaron and his sons, 'This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - but the fire which is on the altar must be kept burning on it. It must not be extinguished. So the priest must kindle wood on it morning by morning, and he must arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat of the peace offering up in smoke on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13 - A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - "Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Outside the veil-canopy of the congregation in the Meeting Tent Aaron must arrange it from evening until morning before the LORD continually. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - The one who touches them must use an iron instrument or the wooden shaft of a spear. They are completely burned up right where they lie!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - With the authority of the LORD he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will 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 those who accept bribes.

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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; it sweeps him out of his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - Out of its mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot forth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 - Smoke streams from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the LORD's glorious presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 - For this reason the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king's briers and his thorns in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18 - The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man's life ebbs away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Look, the name of the LORD comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The LORD's breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to 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 that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says, 'Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - "For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - So," the Lord GOD says, "my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 - I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O royal family descended from David. The LORD says: 'See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - The Babylonian soldiers that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - The LORD God of Israel told Jeremiah to go and give King Zedekiah of Judah a message. He told Jeremiah to tell him, "The LORD says, 'I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed.

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