ἈΝΑΚΑΗΝΑΙ, ἀνακαηναι
ANAKAĒNAI, anakaēnai
Sounds Like: ah-nah-KAH-ee-nahy
Translations: to rekindle, to light again, to ignite, to inflame
From the root: ΑΝΑΚΑΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from ἀνά (ana, meaning 'up' or 'again') and καίω (kaiō, meaning 'to burn' or 'to light'). It means to rekindle or light something again, or to ignite or inflame. It can be used literally for lighting a fire, or metaphorically for stirring up emotions or a spiritual gift.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0358 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 13:342
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΑΚΑΙΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΚΑΙΕΤΑΙ — is kindled, is set on fire, is burned up
- ἈΝΕΚΑΥΘΗ — was kindled, was burned up, was set on fire
- ΑΝΑΚΑΙΕΤΑΙ — is rekindled, is kindled again, is lit again, is inflamed, is burning again
- ΑΝΑΚΑΙΩ — to renew, to make new again, to restore
- ΑΝΑΚΑΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having kindled, having lit, having ignited, having set on fire
- ΑΝΑΚΑΥΣΩ — I kindle again, I rekindle, I light up again, I stir up, I inflame
- ΑΝΕΚΑΥΣΑΝ — they kindled, they lit, they set on fire, they burned up
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