κατακαίωkatakaíō
to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
Greek (New Testament) · G2618
Meanings
to burn up, burn completely: with accusative of thing, Matthew 13:30, Acts 19:19; passive, 1 Corinthians 3:15, Hebrews 13:11, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 8:7; followed by πυρί, Matthew 3:12, Matthew 13:40, Luke 3:17 (cf. Exodus 29:14, and elsewhere); ἐν πυρί (Deuteronomy 9:21, and elsewhere): Revelation 17:16, Revelation 18:8.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 3:12 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
- Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”
- Matthew 13:40 “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world.
- Luke 3:17 He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
- Acts 19:19 A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars.
- 1 Corinthians 3:15 But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.