Strong's Greek · G2545

καίω

kaíō

burn, light

Definition

to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume

Derivation

apparently a primary verb;

Appears 11 times in Scripture

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

John 5:35

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

Luke 24:32

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Matthew 5:15

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

Hebrews 12:18

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

Luke 12:35

Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

Revelation 8:10

Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Revelation 8:8

Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

Revelation 4:5

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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