Lexicon
σβέννυμι
sbennumi
G4570
G:V Greek

to extinguish

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sbennumi describes putting out or having something go out, from fire and lamps to arrows and the spirit.

The attested use describes bringing something to an end as it is pictured as burning or active: fire is put out or does not cease, lamps are going out, flaming arrows are to be extinguished, and the spirit is not to be extinguished.

Senses in use

  1. Putting out or going out · dominant

    In Ephesians 6:16, the aorist active infinitive occurs with the shield of faith and the APB renders the result as being able to “extinguish all the flaming arrows.” Hebrews 11:34 names raging fire that “They quenched,” while Mark 9:48 states that the fire “is not quenched.” The same use appears in Matthew 12:20 with smoldering linen, Matthew 25:8 with lamps “going out,” and 1 Thessalonians 5:19 in the prohibition, “Do not extinguish the spirit.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “extinguish” for the spirit, flaming arrows, and smoldering linen; “quenched” for fire; and “going out” for lamps. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.

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Across Scripture