ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΕΙΝ, καταφλεξειν
KATAPHLEXEIN, kataphlexein
Sounds Like: kah-tah-FLEK-sin
Translations: to burn down, to burn up, to consume by fire, to destroy by fire
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive form of the verb 'καταφλέγω', meaning 'to burn down' or 'to consume by fire'. It is a compound word formed from 'κατά' (down, completely) and 'φλέγω' (to burn). It describes the act of completely destroying something by fire, often with a sense of thoroughness or finality. It can be used in contexts describing the destruction of cities, buildings, or other objects by conflagration.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓ — burn down, consume by fire, be burned up, be consumed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΕΙΗ — to burn down, to burn up, to consume by fire, to destroy by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΕΙΝ — to burn down, to consume by fire, to set on fire, to be burned up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΕΙΣΗΣ — (of) having been completely burned down, (of) having been consumed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΕΝΤΩΝ — of those burning down, of those being consumed by fire, of those being burned up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΗΝΑΙ — to burn down, to be burned down, to be consumed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be completely burned up, will be consumed by fire, will be utterly destroyed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΟΝ — burning down, consuming by fire, burning, consuming
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΟΝΤΕΣ — burning down, consuming by fire, setting on fire, scorching
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΓΩ — to burn up, to consume by fire, to be consumed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΑΙ — to burn down, to consume by fire, to set on fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having burned down, having consumed by fire, having utterly destroyed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΑΣ — having burned down, having consumed by fire, having scorched
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΕΣΘΑΙ — to burn down, to consume by fire, to be burned down, to be consumed by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΗ — burn up, consume by fire, destroy by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΟΝΤΕΣ — about to burn down, about to consume by fire, about to burn up, about to destroy by fire
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΞΩΝ — burning down, consuming by fire, one who will burn down, about to burn down
- ΚΑΤΑΦΛΕΧΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be burned up, they will be consumed by fire, they will be utterly consumed
- ΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΓΗ — was burned down, was consumed by fire, was utterly burned
- ΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΓΗΣΑΝ — they were burned up, they were consumed by fire, they were utterly destroyed by fire
- ΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΞΑΝ — they burned up, they consumed by fire, they set on fire
- ΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΞΑΣ — you burned up, you consumed by fire, you burned down
- ΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΞΕΝ — burned up, consumed by fire, burned down
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