κατακαίω
katakaiō
“to burn”
Definition
to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
from G2596 (κατά) and G2545 (καίω);
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
κατακαίω appears 10 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
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.
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.’”
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.”
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.”
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