Strong's Lexicon
G2545 — καίω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2545 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καίω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | kaio |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kai'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume |
| KJV Renderings: | burn, light |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καίω (Vanicek, p. 98); passive, present καίομαι; perfect participle κεκαυμενος; 1 future καυθήσομαι (1Co 13:3 Tdf., where R G L Tr give the solecistic future subjunctive καυθήσωμαι, on which cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 720f; Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 e.; Buttmann, 35f (31)); (Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40; WHs Appendix, p. 172; Tdf Proleg., p. 122. WH text, Lachmann’s stereotypeed edition read καυχήσωμαι (with à A B etc.); on this reading see WHs Appendix, ad loc.; A. W. Tyler in Bib. Sacr. for July 1873, p. 502f; cf. Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 629f; Tregelles, Printed Text etc., p. 191f; Tdf. ad loc.); the Sept. for áÄÌòÅø, ùÈÒøÇó etc.; (from Homer down);
1. to set fire to, light: λύχνον, Mat 5:15; passive participle καιόμενος, burning, Luk 12:35; Rev 4:5; Rev 8:10; Rev 19:20; with πυρί added, Heb 12:18; Rev 8:8; Rev 21:8; in figurative discourse λύχνος καιόμενος, a light showing the right way, Joh 5:35 (a comparison pointed at the Jews, to whom John the Baptist had been as a torch lighted for a merry-making); metaphorically, ἡ καρδία ἦν καιομένη was glowing, burning, i. e. was greatly moved, Luk 24:32 (Winers Grammar, § 45, 5; Buttmann, § 144, 28).
2. to burn, consume with fire: passive, Joh 15:6; 1Co 13:3 (see above); with πυρί added (cf. igni cremare, Caesar b. g. 1, 4), Mat 13:40 G Tr for R L T WH κατακαίεται. (Compare: ἐκκαίω, κατακαίω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καίω (burn)
Matthew 5:15
- KJV: Neither light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house
- GK: ουδέ καίουσι λύχνον και τιθέασιν αυτόν υπό τον μόδιον αλλ΄ επί την λυχνίαν και λάμπει πάσι τοις εν τη οικία
Luke 12:35
- KJV: Let your loins be girded about and lights burning
- GK: έστωσαν υμών αι οσφύες περιεζωσμέναι και οι λύχνοι καιόμενοι
Luke 24:32
- KJV: And they said one to another Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way and while he opened to us the scriptures
- GK: και είπον προς αλλήλους ουχί η καρδία ημών καιομένη ην εν ημίν ως ελάλει ημίν εν τη οδώ και ως διήνοιγεν ημίν τας γραφάς
John 5:35
- KJV: He was a burning and a shining light and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light
- GK: εκείνος ην ο λύχνος ο καιόμενος και φαίνων υμείς δε ηθελήσατε αγαλλιασθήναι προς ώραν εν τω φωτί αυτού
John 15:6
- KJV: If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast into the fire and they are burned
- GK: εαν μη τις μείνη εν εμοί εβλήθη έξω ως το κλήμα και εξηράνθη και συνάγουσιν αυτά και εις πυρ βάλλουσι και καίεται
1 Corinthians 13:3
- KJV: And though I bestow all my goods to feed and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing
- GK: και εάν ψωμίσω πάντα τα υπάρχοντά μου και εάν παραδώ το σώμά μου ίνα καυθήσωμαι αγάπην δε μη έχω ουδέν ωφελούμαι
Hebrews 12:18
- KJV: For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched and that burned with fire nor unto blackness and darkness and tempest
- GK: ου γαρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένω όρει και κεκαυμένω πυρί και γνόφω και σκότω και θυέλλη
Revelation 4:5
- KJV: And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices and seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven Spirits of God
- GK: και εκ του θρόνου εκπορεύονται αστραπαί και φωναί και βρονταί και επτά λαμπάδες πυρός καιόμεναι ενώπιον του θρόνου αυτού αι εισιν επτά πνεύματα του θεού
Revelation 8:8
- KJV: And the second angel sounded and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea and the third part of the sea became blood
- GK: και ο δεύτερος άγγελος εσάλπισε και ως όρος μέγα καιόμενον εβλήθη εις την θάλασσαν και εγένετο το τρίτον της θαλάσσης αίμα