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Heat

θέρμηStrong’s G2329

thermē

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Thermē is the Greek word usually translated “heat”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.”
Acts 28:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “heat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • heat 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    θέρμη thermē · heat

    θέρμη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Job.6:17, Psa.19:6, Ecc.4:11 (חָמַם and derivatives), Sir.38:28 * ;] heat: Act.28:3.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “heat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    HEAT, noun

    [Latin aestus, for haestus, or caestus.]

    1. heat as a cause of sensation, that is, the matter of heat is considered to be a subtil fluid, contained in a greater or less degree in all bodies.
    2. heat as a sensation, is the effect produced on the sentient organs of animals, by the passage of caloric, disengaged from surrounding bodies, to the organs.
    3. Hot air; hot weather; as the heat of the tropical climates.
    4. Any accumulation or concentration of the matter of heat or caloric; as the heat of the body; the heat of a furnace; a red heat; a white heat; a welding heat
    All definitions and other forms of “heat”
    1. The state of being once heated or hot.
    2. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
    3. A single effort in running; a course at a race.
    4. Redness of the face; flush.
    5. Animal excitement; violent action or agitation of the system.
    6. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as the heat of battle.
    7. Violence; ardor; as the heat of party.
    8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation; as the heat of passion.
    9. Ardor; fervency; animation in thought or discourse.
    10. Fermentation.

    HEAT, verb transitive

    [Latin odi, osus, for hodi, hosus; L aestus, for haestus, heat tide; Gr. to burn, and the English haste and hoist are probably of the same family.]

    1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to be hot; as, to heat an oven or a furnace; to heat iron.
    2. To make feverish; as, to heat the blood.
    3. To warm with passion or desire; to excite; to rouse into action.
    4. To agitate the blood and spirits with action; to excite animal action.

    HEAT, verb intransitive

    To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or extrication of latent heat

    1. To grow warm or hot.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.