κατακαίω katakaiō

Greek word for “to burn” · Strong’s G2618 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

κατα-καίω; to burn up, burn completely: with accusative of thing(s); pass.; before πυρί 13:40, (cf., al.); ἐν πυρί (, al.): 18:8.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for katakaiō in context, with how often each is used:

• burned up 4
• will burn up 2
• will be burned up 2
• burn 1
• burning 1
• burned 1
• will burn 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Luke 3 (1), Acts 19 (1), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), Hebrews 13 (1), Revelation 8 (1), Revelation 17 (1), Revelation 18 (1)

Forms

• κατεκάη 3
• κατακαύσει 2
• κατακαίεται 2
• κατακαῦσαι 1
• κατέκαιον 1
• κατακαήσεται 1
• κατακαύσουσιν 1
• κατακαυθήσεται 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katakaiō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πῦρ pur “fire” 7
• ἀποθήκη apothēkē “storehouse” 3
• σῖτος sitos “grain” 3
• ἄχυρον achuron “chaff” 2
• πτύον ptuon “winnowing fork” 2
• ἅλων halōn “threshing-floor” 2
• ἄσβεστος asbestos “unquenchable” 2
• συνάγω sunagō “to assemble” 3
• συλλέγω sullegō “to collect” 2
• ζιζάνιον zizanion “weed” 2
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 2
• πρῶτος prōtos “first” 2

Key verses

The verses using katakaiō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matthew 13:30 — Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to…
• Matthew 13:40 — As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
• Luke 3:17 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
• Acts 19:19 — Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty…
• 1 Corinthians 3:15 — If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
• Hebrews 13:11 — For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
• Revelation 8:7 — The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and…
• Revelation 17:16 — And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her…
• Revelation 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.