Word Summary
thymiaō: to burn incense
Original Word: θυμιάωTransliteration: thymiaō
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-mee-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to burn incense
Meaning: to burn incense
Strong's Concordance
burn incense.
From a derivative of thuo (in the sense of smoking); to fumigate, i.e. Offer aromatic fumes -- burn incense.
see GREEK thuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2370: θυμιάωθυμιάω,
θυμιω: 1 aorist infinitive
θυμιάσαι (
R G θυμασαι); (from
θῦμα, and this from
θύω, which see); in Greek writings from
Pindar,
Herodotus,
Plato down; the
Sept. for
קִטֵּר and
הִקְטִיר;
to burn incense:
Luke 1:9.