ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΗΣΙΝ, υποπιμπρησιν
YPOPIMPRĒSIN, ypopimprēsin
Sounds Like: hoo-po-PIM-pre-sin
Translations: to set on fire, to burn, to ignite
From the root: ΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to set on fire' or 'to burn'. It is often used to describe the act of deliberately setting something ablaze, such as a building or a city. The prefix 'ὑπό' (hypo-) can imply a gradual or underlying action, or sometimes a complete action, but in this context, it primarily intensifies the act of burning.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G5258 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΙΠΡΑΣΙ — they set on fire, they burn up, they consume by fire
- ἘΜΠΙΠΡΗΣΙ — burn, set on fire, consume by fire, inflame
- ἘΝΕΠΡΗΣΑΤΕ — you burned, you set on fire, you consumed by fire
- ΕΜΠΙΠΡΑΣΘΑΙ — to be burned, to be set on fire, to be consumed by fire
- ΕΜΠΙΠΡΑΤΑΙ — is being burned, is being set on fire, is being consumed by fire
- ΕΜΠΙΠΡΗΣΙ — he burns, he sets on fire, it burns, it sets on fire
- ΚΑΤΑΠΙΜΠΡΗΣΙ — burn down, consume by fire, set on fire, destroy by fire
- ΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ — to burn, to inflame, to set on fire
- ΠΙΜΠΡΗΣΙΝ — burn, set on fire, inflame
- ΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having burned, having set on fire, those who burned, those who set on fire
- ΠΡΗΣΘΕΙΣΑΝ — having been inflamed, having been swollen, having been burned, having been set on fire
- ΥΠΕΠΙΜΠΡΑΣΑΝ — they were secretly burning, they were setting on fire from below, they were setting on fire, they were burning
- ΥΠΕΠΙΜΠΡΗ — to set on fire underneath, to burn secretly, to burn gradually, to set fire to, to burn
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