To kindle/burn
καίωStrong’s G2545kaiō
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kaiō is the Greek word usually translated “burning”, “is burning” and “do they light”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.”
Meaning
Usually translated “burning”, “is burning” and “do they light”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- burning 5
- is burning 3
- do they light 1
- it is burned 1
- kindled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- Luke 2
- John 2
- Matthew 1
- Hebrews 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
- John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
- John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Hebrews 12:18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
- Revelation 4:5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Greek dictionary
καίω kaiō · to kindle/burn
καίω [in LXX for בָּעַר, יָקַד, שָׂרַף, etc. ;] 1. to kindle, light: with accusative, λύχνον, Mat.5:15; pass., to be lighted, to burn: ptcp., Luk.12:35, Rev.4:5 8:10 19:20; πυρί Heb.12:18, Rev.8:8 21:8; metaphorically, Luk.24:32, Jhn.5:35. 2. to burn, destroy by fire: pass., Jhn.15:6, 1Co.13:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “burning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BURN'ING, participle present
tense Consuming with fire; flaming; scorching; hardening by fire; calcining; charring; raging as fire; glowing.
All definitions and other forms of “burning”
BURN'ING, noun
Combustion; the act of expelling volatile matter and reducing to ashes, or to a calx; a fire; inflammation; the heat or raging of passion. In surgery, actual cautery; cauterization.
BURN'ING, adjective
Powerful; vehement; as a burning shame; a burning scent.
- Much heated; very hot; scorching.
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.