Word Summary
katakaiō: to burn up
Original Word: κατακαίωTransliteration: katakaiō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-ah'-ee-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to burn up
Meaning: to burn up
Strong's Concordance
burn up
From kata and kaio; to burn down (to the ground), i.e. Consume wholly -- burn (up, utterly).
see GREEK kata
see GREEK kaio
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2618: κατακαίωκατακαίω): imperfect 3 person plural
κατέκαιον; future
κατακαύσω; 1 aorist infinitive
κατακαῦσαι; passive, present
κατακαίομαι; 2 aorist
κατεκαην; 2 future
κατακαήσομαι (cf.
Tdf. Proleg., p. 123;
WH's Appendix, p. 170a); 1 future
κατακαυθήσομαι (Kühner, 1:841; (
Veitch, under the word
καίω;
Buttmann, 60 (53);
Winers Grammar, 87 (83))); the
Sept. chiefly for
שָׂרַף; from
Homer down;
to burn up (see
κατά, III. 4),
consume by fire:
τί,
Matthew 13:30;
Acts 19:19; passive,
1 Corinthians 3:15;
Hebrews 13:11;
2 Peter 3:10 (
Tr WH εὑρεθήσεται, see
εὑρίσκω, 1 a. at the end);
Revelation 8:7; with
πυρί added,
Matthew 3:12;
Matthew 13:40 R L T WH, but
G Tr καίω;
Luke 3:17 (
Exodus 29:14;
Exodus 32:20 Alex., etc.; see
καίω);
ἐν πυρί (often so in the
Sept.),
Revelation 17:16;
Revelation 18:8. (
καίω and
κατακαίω are distinguished in
Exodus 3:2.)