Word Summary
phlox: a flame
Original Word: φλόξTransliteration: phlox
Phonetic Spelling: (flox)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a flame
Meaning: a flame
Strong's Concordance
flame
From a primary phlego (to "flash" or "flame"); a blaze -- flame(-ing).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5395: φλόξφλόξ, genitive
φλογός,
ἡ (
φλέγω (to burn; cf. Latin 'flagro', etc.)), from
Homer down, the
Sept. for
לַהַב and
לֶהָבָה,
a flame:
Luke 16:24; on the phrases
φλόξ πυρός and
πῦρ φλογός see
πῦρ, p. 558{a}.