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To melt

τήκωStrong’s G5080

tēkō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Tēkō is the Greek word usually translated “are melting”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?”
2 Peter 3:12 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • are melting 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 2 Peter 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    τήκω tēkō · to melt

    τήκω [in LXX for מָסַס ni., מָקַק ni., מוּג ni., etc. ;] trans., to melt, melt down; pass., to melt, melt away: 2Pe.3:12.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    MELT, verb transitive

    [Eng.smelt, smalt. We have in these words decisive evidence that s, in smelten, etc. is a prefix. melt in English, is regular, forming melted for its past tense and passive participle. The old participle molten, is used only as an adjective.]

    1. To dissolve; to make liquid; to liquefy; to reduce from a solid to a liquid or flowing state by heat; as, to melt wax, tallow or lead; to melt ice or snow.
    2. To dissolve; to reduce to first principles.
    3. To soften to love or tenderness.
    4. To waste away; to dissipate.
    All definitions and other forms of “melt”
    1. To dishearten. Joshua 14:8

    MELT, verb intransitive

    To become liquid; to dissolve; to be changed from a fixed or solid to a flowing state.

    1. To be softened to love, pity, tenderness or sympathy; to become tender, mild or gentle.
    2. To be dissolved; to lose substance.
    3. To be subdued by affliction; to sink into weakness.“My soul melteth for heaviness--strengthen thou me” Psalms 119:28
    4. To faint; to be discouraged or disheartened.

    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.