φλογίζω
phlogizō
G5394
G:V
Greek
to kindle
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Books
Greek
Language
Phlogizo describes setting something ablaze, used of the tongue’s destructive fire in James 3:6.
The attested use describes being set ablaze and setting ablaze within James 3:6’s fire imagery for the tongue.
Senses in use
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Setting ablaze in destructive fire imagery · dominant
In James 3:6, the two present participial forms occur in the clause portraying the tongue as both “setting on fire the course of origin” and itself “set on fire by Gehenna” in the APB rendering. The verse thus shows an active burning action and a corresponding passive experience of being burned.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 3:6, the APB presents the clause with both “setting on fire” and “set on fire.” It does not identify which wording corresponds to each form.