καίω
kaiō
“to kindle/burn”
Definition
to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume
apparently a primary verb;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
καίω appears 11 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.