Strong's Concordance
empréthó: burn up.
Original Word: ἐμπρήθωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: empréthó
Phonetic Spelling: (em-pray'-tho)
Short Definition: I burn, set on fire, suffer inflammation
Definition: I burn, set on fire, suffer inflammation.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1714: ἐμπρήθωἐμπρήθω: 1 aorist
ἐνέπρησα; from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
שָׂרַף and
הִצִית;
to burn; destroy by fire:
τήν πόλιν,
Matthew 22:7.