ΦΛΕΓΟΝ, φλεγον
PHLEGON, phlegon
Sounds Like: FLEH-gon
Translations: burning, blazing, flaming, a burning, a blazing
From the root: ΦΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb 'φλέγω', meaning 'to burn' or 'to blaze'. It describes something that is actively burning or in a state of being aflame. It can be used adjectivally to describe a noun, such as 'a burning fire', or substantively, referring to 'that which is burning'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5395 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΦΛΕΓΕΙΝ — to burn, to be inflamed, to be hot, to be ardent
- 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
- 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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