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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 BoxExo 3:2 - There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:3 - Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:9 - “Give Aaron and his sons this command: ‘These are the regulations for the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offerings on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:13 - The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:4 - The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD must be tended continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders came to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - By the word of the LORD he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:34 - For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21 - The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - It is a fire that burns to Destruction[fn]; it would have uprooted my harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory[fn] will be a canopy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 - Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:18 - The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - See, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke; his lips are full of wrath, and his tongue is a consuming fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 - Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its fire pit has been made deep and wide, with an abundance of fire and wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become blazing pitch!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - It is used as fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of the wood he burns in the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 - I will enslave you to your enemies in[fn] a land you do not know, for my anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 - But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - This is what the LORD says to you, house of David: “ ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the houses where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[fn] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart.

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