The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

σβέννυμι

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaσβέννυμι
Citation formσβέννυμι
Part of speechverb
GlossI extinguish, suppress
Strong’sG4570
Transliterationsbénnymi
Definitionto extinguish (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--go out, quench.
Derivationa prolonged form of an apparently primary verb
SBLGNT occurrences6

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἔσβεσαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--) — Hebrews 11:34
σβέννυνται
verb, third person, present, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PPI-P--) — Matthew 25:8
σβέννυται
verb, third person, present, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PPI-S--) — Mark 9:48
σβέννυτε
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — 1 Thessalonians 5:19
σβέσαι
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Ephesians 6:16
σβέσει
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--) — Matthew 12:20

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: σβεννυμι.