2001 Translation

PROSEMPRĒSĒ, prosemprēsē

Sounds Like: pros-EM-pree-see

Translations: burning, setting on fire, conflagration, a burning

From the root: ΕΜΠΡΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of burning or setting something on fire. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to, toward, in addition', and 'ἔμπρησις' (emprēsis), meaning 'a burning'. It describes the action of causing something to burn, often with the implication of an additional or intensified burning.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1759 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 22:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΠΡΗΣΙΣ.

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.

• ΕΜΠΡΗΣΙΣ — burning, conflagration, destruction by fire, a burning
• ΕΝΠΡΗΣΕΙ — in burning, to burning, for burning, by burning, with burning, a burning, conflagration, destruction by fire

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