Strong's Greek · G4570
σβέννυμι
sbénnymi
go out, quench
Definition
to extinguish (literally or figuratively)
Derivation
a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb;
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’”
“The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’”
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
“Do not extinguish the Spirit.”
“A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.”
“quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.”
Explore sbénnymi in Scripture
On the Doxa App you can have a personal interaction about any Scripture, original words included.
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).