ἈΝΑΚΑΥΣΑΙ, ἀνακαυσαι
ANAKAUSAI, anakausai
Sounds Like: ah-nah-KOW-sai
Translations: to burn up, to set on fire, to kindle
From the root: ἈΝΑΚΑΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from ἀνά (ana, 'up' or 'again') and καίω (kaiō, 'to burn'). It means to burn something completely, to consume by fire, or to ignite. It is used to describe the action of setting something ablaze or causing it to be consumed by flames.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0358 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 13:338
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΚΑΙΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΚΑΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — kindling, having kindled, setting on fire, having set on fire
- ἈΝΑΚΑΥΣΕΙΣ — burnings, kindlings, settings on fire
- ἈΝΕΚΑΥΘΗΣΑΝ — they were burned up, they were kindled, they were set on fire
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