Quick Definition
I reduce to ashes
Strong's Definition
to incinerate, i.e. consume
Derivation: from (ashes);
KJV Usage: turn to ashes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τεφρόω, τέφρω: 1 aorist participle τεφρώσας; (τέφρα ashes); to reduce to ashes: 2Pe_2:6. (Aristotle (?), Theophrastus, Dio Cassius, Philo, Antoninus, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τεφρόω tephroō 1x
to reduce to ashes, to consume, destroy, 2Pe_2:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τεφρόω , -ῶ
( < τέφρα , ashes; Wis_2:3 , al. ),
to burn to ashes: 2Pe_2:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τεφρόω [page 632]
This rare word = cover with ashes or reduce to ashes is found in the NT only in 2Pe_2:6 . Commentators cite Dio Cass. lxvi. p. 1094 τῶν ἐν μέσῳ κραυρουμένων ( being parched ) καὶ τεφρουμένων ( being overwhelmed with ashes ) a description of an eruption of Vesuvius, and Lycophron Cass . 227 τεφρώσας γυῖα Λημναίῳ πυρί .
The adj. τεφρός , ash-coloured, is used of a bird in PSI VI. 569 .6 (B.C. 253 2) ἄλλος ( sc . ὄρνις ) ἄρσην τεφρὸς ὀξυ [ωπής , cited by Preisigke Wφrterb. s.v .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τεφρόω, -ῶ
(τέφρα, ashes; Wis.2:3, al.),
to burn to ashes: 2Pe.2:6.†
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