noun · feminine
flogas
Strong’sG5395
a flame
stem flog-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
φλόξ gen., φλογός,
[in LXX chiefly for לַהַב, לֶהָבָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5395 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidflox
a blaze
Fromfrom a primary φλέγω (to "flash" or "flame");
King Jamesflame(-ing).
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
genitive φλογός: (φλέγω):— flame of fire, Refs 8th c.BC+; φλογὸς σπέρμα, of live charcoal, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀναιθύσσειν, θύειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐγείρειν, παρακαλεῖν, Refs 8th c.BC+: later in plural, flames, meteors, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 fire as an element, φλογὸς αἶσα Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of other kinds of flame, φ. κεραυνία, οὐρανία, of lightning, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the heat of the sun, Refs 5th c.BC+; flash of a miraculous cloud, Refs 8th c.BC+; of precious stones, ψυχρὰ φ. Refs 5th c.BC+; the blade of a sword, LXX+2nd c.AD+
4 in similes and metaphors, φλογὶ εἴκελος, ἶσος, of fiery warriors, Refs 8th c.BC+; φ. οἴνου the fiery strength of wine, Refs 5th c.BC+
II wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, Refs 4th c.BC+
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | flogas2×φλὸξ | flogais |
| object accusative | flogan2×φλόγα | flogain |
| direct address vocative | flogar | flogair |
| of, belonging to genitive | flogau | flogaiu |
| to, for dative | floga3×φλογὶ | flogai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
floga 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
flogas“flame”subjectnominative singular2×
Revelation 1:14“flame”… chiōnas, kai tois ofthalmois autou hōs flogas pureu,… white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
Revelation 19:12“flame”tois de ofthalmois autou flogas pureu, kai epi tan kefalan autou …He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has …
flogan“flame”objectaccusative singular2×
Hebrews 1:7“flame”… pneumeim, kai toin leitourgoin autou pureu flogan;… His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
Revelation 2:18“flame”… tos echarōntos toin ofthalmoin autou hōs flogan pureu, kai tois podois autou homoiois …… These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
floga“flame”to, fordative singular3×
Luke 16:24“flame”… glōssan mu, hoti odunomō en ta floga houta.… and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
Acts 7:30“flame”… erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floga pureu batau;… passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
2 Thessalonians 1:8“flaming”en floga pureu, dōarōntou ekdikēsian toi mē oidarēntoi …in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and …