Word Summary
phlogizō: set on fire
Original Word: φλογίζωTransliteration: phlogizō
Phonetic Spelling: (flog-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: set on fire
Meaning: set on fire
Strong's Concordance
set on fire.
From phlox; to cause a blaze, i.e. Ignite (figuratively, to inflame with passion) -- set on fire.
see GREEK phlox
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5394: φλογίζωφλογίζω; (
φλόξ, which see);
to ignite, set on fire (Sir. 3:30;
Exodus 9:24;
Psalm 96:3 (); to burn up, 1 Macc. 3:5; Sophocles Philoct. 1199): in figurative discourse, to operate destructively, have a most pernicious power, James 3:6; in the passive of that in which the destructive influences are kindled, ibid. (see πῦρ, p. 558{b} top).