Furnace/oven
κάμινοςStrong’s G2575kaminos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kaminos is the Greek word usually translated “furnace”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “furnace”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- furnace 2
- a furnace 1
- of a furnace 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Revelation 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Revelation 1:15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
- Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Greek dictionary
κάμινος kaminos · furnace/oven
κάμινος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX: Gen.19:28, Exo.19:18, Isa.48:10, al. (כִּבְשָׁן, כּוּר), Dan LXX TH Dan.3:6 ff. (אַתּוּן) ;] a furnace: Mat.13:42, 50, Rev.1:15 9:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “furnace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FUR'NACE, noun
[Latin fornax, furnus, either from burning, or the sense is an arch.]
- A place where a vehement fire and heat may be made and maintained, for melting ores or metals, etc.
- In scripture, a place of cruel bondage and affliction. Deuteronomy 4:20
- Grievous afflictions by which men are tried. Ezekiel 22:18
- A place of temporal torment. Daniel 3:6
All definitions and other forms of “furnace”
- Hell; the place of endless torment. Matthew 13:42
FUR'NACE, verb transitive
To throw out sparks as a furnace
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.