Greek verb · G2618
κατακαίω
katakaiokat-ak-ah'-ee-o
to burn
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katakaíō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2618is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2618
to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
The King James renders it: burn (up, utterly).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katakaio is rendered "to burn". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 3:12κατακαύσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's twelve uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- He will burn up2
- was burned up2
- are burned1
- is burned up1
- she will be burned up1
- they will burn1
- to burn1
- were burned up1
- were burning1
- will be burned up1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατά | kata | according to | Uses468 |
| καταβαίνω | katabaino | to come/go down | Uses81 |
| καταργέω | katargeo | to abate | Uses27 |
| καταλείπω | kataleipo | to leave behind | Uses23 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| καταγγέλλω | katangello | to proclaim | Uses17 |
| κατακρίνω | katakrino | to condemn | Uses15 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταρτίζω | katartizo | to complete | Uses13 |
| καταισχύνω | kataischyno | to dishonor | Uses13 |
| καταλαμβάνω | katalambano | to grasp | Uses13 |
and 70 more on the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κατακαίεται2
- κατακαύσει2
- κατεκάη2
- κατακαήσεται1
- κατακαυθήσεται1
- κατακαῦσαι1
- κατακαύσουσιν1
- κατεκάη.¶1
- κατέκαιον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-2API-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PPI-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-2FPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FPI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
Matthew
three uses
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- κατακαύσειkatakauseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will burn up
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- κατακαῦσαιkatakausaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to burn
As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
- κατακαίεταιkatakaietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is burned up
Luke
one use
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- κατακαύσειkatakauseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will burn up
Acts
one use
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
- κατέκαιονkatekaionverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were burning
1 Corinthians
one use
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
- κατακαήσεταιkatakaesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be burned up
Hebrews
one use
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
- κατακαίεταιkatakaietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: are burned
Revelation
five uses
Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
- κατεκάηkatekaeverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was burned up
- κατεκάηkatekaeverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were burned up
- κατεκάη.¶katekaeverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was burned up
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- κατακαύσουσινkatakausousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will burn
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- κατακαυθήσεταιkatakauthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she will be burned up
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.