Greek verb · G4570
σβέννυμι
sbennymisben'-noo-mee
to extinguish
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sbénnymi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4570is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4570
to extinguish (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: go out, quench.
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
sbennymi is rendered "to extinguish". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:20A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Matthew 12:20σβέσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- are going out1
- do quench1
- He will quench1
- is quenched.’1
- quenched1
- to quench1
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.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ἔσβεσαν1
- σβέννυνται.¶1
- σβέννυται1
- σβέννυτε1
- σβέσαι1
- σβέσει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PPI-3P
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PPI-3S
Matthew
two uses
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
- σβέσειsbeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will quench
The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
- σβέννυνται.¶sbennuntaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are going out
Mark
one use
where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
- σβέννυταιsbennutaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is quenched.’
Ephesians
one use
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
- σβέσαιsbesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to quench
1 Thessalonians
one use
Do not extinguish the Spirit.
- σβέννυτεsbennuteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do quench
Hebrews
one use
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
- ἔσβεσανesbesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: quenched
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.