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To kindle

φλογίζωStrong’s G5394

phlogizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Phlogizō is the Greek word usually translated “setting on fire” and “being set on fire”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
James 3:6 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “setting on fire” and “being set on fire”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • setting on fire 1
  • being set on fire 1

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

Where it's used most
  • James 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    φλογίζω phlogizō · to kindle

    φλογίζω (φλόξ), [in LXX: Exo.9:24 (לָקַח hith.), Num.21:14 (†), Psa.97:3 (לָהַט pi.), Da TH Dan.3:27(94) (חָרַךְ ithp.), Sir.3:30, 1Ma.3:5 * ;] to set on fire, burn, burn up: figuratively, Jas.3:6 (on the meaning of the sentence, see Hort, in l).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    KIN'DLE, verb transitive

    [Latin accendo; from the root of candeo, caneo, to be light or white, to shine.]

    1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to light; as, to kindle a fire.
    2. To inflame, as the passions; to exasperate; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle resentment; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.“So is a contentious woman to kindle strife” Proverbs 26:21
    3. To bring forth.
    All definitions and other forms of “kindle”

      KIN'DLE, verb intransitive

      To take fire; to begin to burn with flame. Fuel and fire well laid, will kindle without a bellows.

      1. To begin to rage, or be violently excited; to be roused or exasperated.“It shall kindle in the thickets of the forest” Isaiah 9:18

      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.