GreekG2618Verb

κατακαίω

katakaiō

10Occurrences
G2618Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly

from G2596 (κατά) and G2545 (καίω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to burn up, burn completely: with accusative of thing(s); pass.,; *ἐν πυρί *.
LXX: chiefly for שָׂרַף; in (אָכַל pu.), distinguished from καίω

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κατακαίω appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
3
Revelation
3
1 Corinthians
1
Acts
1
Hebrews
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 3:15BSB

If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

Hebrews 13:11BSB

Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Matthew 13:30BSB

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Matthew 3:12BSB

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Revelation 18:8BSB

Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire,for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.