ΠΕΡΙΕΚΑΙΕΝ, περιεκαιεν
PERIEKAIEN, periekaien
Sounds Like: peh-ree-EH-kye-en
Translations: was burning around, was burning up, was consuming, was setting on fire
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΚΑΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb καίω (kaiō), meaning 'to burn'. It describes an action of burning that surrounds something, or burns it completely, consuming it. It is used to indicate a continuous or repeated action of burning in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4008 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 16:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΚΑΙΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΕΣΔΕ — to burn all around, to burn up, to consume by fire
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΙΩ — to burn around, to burn up, to consume by fire
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