“to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to set on fire, burn; pass. to be kindled, be on fire, burn, flame, Eph. 6:16; 2 Pet. 3:12; Rev. 1:15; met. to fire with distressful feelings, 2 Cor. 11:29; of lust, to be inflamed, burn, 1 Cor. 7:9; to be tried with fire, as metals, Rev. 3:18*
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Etymology
from G4442 (πῦρ);
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