Strong's Lexicon
G1572
G1572 — ἐκκαίω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1572 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκκαίω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G2545 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ekkaio |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-kai'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to inflame deeply |
| KJV Renderings: | burn |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκκαίω: 1 aorist passive ἐξεκαυθην;
1. to burn out.
2. to set on fire. passive to be kindled, to burn (Herodotus and following; often in the Sept.): properly, of fire; metaphorically, of the fire and glow of the passions (of anger, Job 3:17; Sir 16:6, and often in Plutarch); of lust, Rom 1:27 (Alciphron 3, 67 οὕτως ἐξεκαυθην εἰς ἐρωτᾷ).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκκαίω (burn)
Romans 1:27
- KJV: And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet
- GK: ομοίως τε και οι άρρενες αφέντες την φυσικήν χρήσιν της θηλείας εξεκαύθησαν εν τη ορέξει αυτών εις αλλήλους άρσενες εν άρσεσι την ασχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι και την αντιμισθίαν ην έδει της πλάνης αυτών εν εαυτοίς απολαμβάνοντες