καίωkaíō
to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by implication) consume
Greek (New Testament) · G2545
Meanings
1. to kindle, light: with accusative, λύχνον, Matthew 5:15; passive, to be lighted, to burn: participle, Luke 12:35, Revelation 4:5, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 19:20; πυρί, Hebrews 12:18, Revelation 8:8, Revelation 21:8; metaphorically, Luke 24:32, John 5:35.
2. to burn, destroy by fire: passive, John 15:6, 1 Corinthians 13:3.
Same root
- καυτηριάζωkautēriázō · G2743to brand ("cauterize"), i.e. (by implication) to render unsensitive (figuratively)
- κατακαίωkatakaíō · G2618to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
- καῦμαkaûma · G2738properly, a burn (concretely), but used (abstractly) of a glow
- ὁλοκαύτωμαholokaútōma · G3646a wholly-consumed sacrifice ("holocaust")
- καῦσιςkaûsis · G2740burning (the act)
- κάμινοςkáminos · G2575a furnace
- ἐκκαίωekkaíō · G1572to inflame deeply
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 5:15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.
- Luke 12:35 “Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning,
- Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
- John 5:35 John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.
- John 15:6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
- Hebrews 12:18 You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.