ΦΛΕΓΕΙΝ, φλεγειν
PHLEGEIN, phlegein
Sounds Like: FLEH-gayn
Translations: to burn, to be inflamed, to be hot, to be ardent
From the root: ΦΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the action of burning, being on fire, or being intensely hot. It can also be used metaphorically to describe strong emotions, such as being inflamed with passion or zeal. It is often used in the context of a fire consuming something or a person being consumed by a strong feeling.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G5394 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 8:209
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΛΕΓΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΦΛΕΓΗΝΑΙ — to be burned up, to be consumed by fire, to be inflamed
- ἘΦΛΕΓΕΤΟ — was burning, was being burned, was ablaze
- ΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΓΕΝ — he was burning down, she was burning down, it was burning down, he was consuming by fire, she was consuming by fire, it was consuming by fire
- ΣΥΓΚΑΤΕΦΛΕΓΗΣΑΝ — they were burned up together, they were consumed together, they were utterly destroyed by fire
- ΦΛΕΓ — to burn, to be inflamed, to be hot, to be ardent, to blaze
- ΦΛΕΓΕΙ — burns, blazes, inflames, is inflamed
- ΦΛΕΓΞΑΣ — having burned, having blazed, having shone, having flashed
- ΦΛΕΓΟ — to burn, to be burning, to be aflame, to be on fire
- ΦΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΗΣ — burning, blazing, being inflamed, being set on fire
- ΦΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΙ — burning, blazing, being burned, aflame
- ΦΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) burning, (to) blazing, (to) inflamed, (to) glowing
- ΦΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΝ — burning, blazing, flaming, a burning, a blazing
- ΦΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of burning, of being burned, of being ablaze, of being inflamed
- ΦΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΩΝ — burning, being burned, blazing, being set on fire, of burning, of being burned
- ΦΛΕΓΟΝ — burning, blazing, flaming, a burning, a blazing
- ΦΛΕΓΟΝΤΑ — burning, blazing, flaming, a burning one, a blazing one
- ΦΛΕΓΩ — to burn, to be inflamed, to be hot, to be on fire
- ΦΛΕΞ — will burn, will consume, will set on fire
- ΦΛΕΞΑΣ — burned, set on fire, consumed by fire
- ΦΛΕΞΕΙ — will burn, will consume by fire, will set on fire
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