ΣΥΜΦΛΕΓΗΝΑΙ, συμφλεγηναι
SYMPHLEGĒNAI, symphlegēnai
Sounds Like: soom-FLEH-ghee-nai
Translations: to be burned up together, to be consumed by fire, to be set on fire together
From the root: ΣΥΜΦΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from σύν (together with) and φλέγω (to burn, to consume by fire). It describes the action of something being completely consumed by fire in conjunction with something else, or a general conflagration. It is used to indicate a complete destruction by burning.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΜΦΛΕΓΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΜΦΛΕΓΗΣΟΜΕΝΩΝ — being burned together, being consumed together, being set on fire together, of those being burned together, of those being consumed together, of those being set on fire together
- ΣΥΜΦΛΕΓΟΝΤΕΣ — burning together, consuming together, setting on fire together
- ΣΥΜΦΛΕΓΩ — to burn up together, to consume with fire, to set on fire
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