verb
empimprēamō
Strong’sG1714
I burn, set on fire, suffer inflammation
stem empimprē-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐμ-πίπρημι,
ἐμπρήθω (for the form, v.s. ἐμπίπλημι, and cf. Veitch, s.v. πίμπρημι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׂרַף;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1714 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidem-pray'-tho
to enkindle, i.e. set on fire
Fromfrom G1722 and πρήθω (to blow a flame);
King Jamesburn up.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
blow up, inflate, of the wind, ἐν δ᾽ ἄνεμος πρῆσεν μέσον ἱστίον Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, to be bloated or swollen, ἐμπεπρησμένης ὑός Refs 5th c.BC+
II burn, ἐνέπρηθον μέγα ἄστυ Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 1st c.AD+; compare ἐμπίμπρημι.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| empimprēataἐνέπρησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | burned | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | empimprēamō | empimprēame | empimprēami | empimprēama | empimprēamē | empimprēamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | empimprēasō | empimprēase | empimprēasi | empimprēasa | empimprēasē | empimprēaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | empimprēatō | empimprēate | empimprēati | empimprēata1×ἐνέπρησεν | empimprēatē | empimprēatelē |
| we 1st person plural | empimprēanō | empimprēane | empimprēani | empimprēana | empimprēanē | empimprēanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | empimprēavō | empimprēave | empimprēavi | empimprēava | empimprēavē | empimprēavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | empimprēalō | empimprēale | empimprēali | empimprēala | empimprēalē | empimprēalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | empimprēameiō | empimprēameia | empimprēameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | empimprēaseiō | empimprēaseia | empimprēaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | empimprēateiō | empimprēateia | empimprēateiē |
| we 1st person plural | empimprēaneiō | empimprēaneia | empimprēaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | empimprēaveiō | empimprēaveia | empimprēaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | empimprēaleiō | empimprēaleia | empimprēaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | empimprēasōr | empimprēasar | empimprēasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | empimprēatōr | empimprēatar | empimprēatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | empimprēavōr | empimprēavar | empimprēavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | empimprēalōr | empimprēalar | empimprēalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | empimprēamoiō | empimprēamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | empimprēasoiō | empimprēasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | empimprēatoiō | empimprēatoia |
| we 1st person plural | empimprēanoiō | empimprēanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | empimprēavoiō | empimprēavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | empimprēaloiō | empimprēaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | empimprēarō | empimprēari | empimprēara | empimprēarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | empimprēarōntos | empimprēarintos | empimprēarantos | empimprēarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
empimprē is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
empimprēata“burned”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 22:7“burned”… fonevoin ekeinoin kai tan polan autoiu empimprēata.… to destroy those murderers and burn their city.