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Strong's G4570 · Greek

σβέννυμι

sbennumi · sben'-noo-mee

a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; to extinguish (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σβέννυμι (G4570)

6 σβέννυμι [in LXX chiefly for כּבה ;] of fire or things on fire, to quench : c. acc, Mt 12:20 , Eph 6:16 , He 11:34 ; pass., Mt 25:8 , Mk 9:[44, 46], 48 , Metaph. (cf. Ca 8:7 , IV Mac 16:4 ): τὸ πνεῦμα , I Th 5:19 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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