Quick Definition
I burn, set on fire, suffer inflammation
Strong's Definition
to enkindle, i.e. set on fire
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and (to blow a flame);
KJV Usage: burn up
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμπρήθω: 1 aorist ἐνέπρησα; from Homer down; the Sept. for ωΘ�ψΗσ and δΔφΔιϊ; to burn; destroy by fire: τήν πόλιν, Mat_22:7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπίμπρημι empimprēmi 1x
also spelled ἐμπίπρημι and ἐμπρήθω , to set on fire, burn down, Mat_22:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ -πίπρημι , ἐμπρήθω
(for the form, see ἐμπίπλημι , and cf. Veitch , s.v. πίμπρημι ),
[in LXX chiefly for H8313 ;]
to set on fire: πόλιν , Mat_22:7 ; pass ., of the body, to become inflamed: Act_28:6 ( T ; πίμπρημι WH , q.v. ).†
ἐμ -πρήθω , see ἐμπίπρημι .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμπί (μ )πρημι / ἐμπρήθω [page 207]
P Tebt I. 61 ( b ) .289 (B.C. 118 7) ἐμπρήσαντο πυ [ρ ]οῦ γενήματα , burned the stores of wheat, BGU II. 651 .4 (A.D. 192) ἐνεπρήσθη μοι ἅλων , ib. III. 909 .16 (A.D. 359) ἐνέπρησαν αὐτὴν ( sc. οἰκίαν ) ἐκ θεματίου ( on purpose ), and ib. IV. 1047 ii. 13 (time of Hadrian) ἀ ]πὸ συνοικιῶν ἐμπε [πρ ?† ]ησμένων . See also OGIS 8 .11 (iv/B.C.) τὰν δὲ πόλιν καὶ τὰ ἶρ [α ] . . . ἐνέπρησε , Syll 350 .19 (B.C. 31) ὑπέδ (ε )ιξαν δέ μοι καὶ περὶ . . . τῶν ἐπαύλεων τῶν ἐμπεπρησμένων .
† In the print edition a question mark appears directly above the ρ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐμπρήθω fut. σω [Etym: ἐν] "to blow up, inflate", Il. :—Pass., ἐμπεπρημένη ὗς "a bloated" sow, Ar. = ἐμπίπρημι, "to burn", Il.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-πίπρημι,
ἐμπρήθω (for the form, see: ἐμπίπλημι, and cf. Veitch, see word πίμπρημι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׂרַף ;]
to set on fire: πόλιν, Mat.22:7; pass., of the body, to become inflamed: Act.28:6 (T; πίμπρημι WH, which see).†
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