G4570

σβέννυμι

sbennumiG:V

to extinguish

σβέννυμι [in LXX chiefly for כָּבָה ;] of fire or things on fire, to quench: with accusative, Mat.12:20, Eph.6:16, Heb.11:34; pass., Mat.25:8, Mrk.9:48, [44, 46]. Metaphorical (cf. Sng.8:7, 4Ma.16:4): τὸ πνεῦμα, 1Th.5:19.† ζβέννυμι, for σβ-, 1Th.5:19 T (see WH, Notes, 148).† (AS)

The KJV translates G4570 in the following manner:

is (6x), quenched (6x), quench (4x), he (2x), out (2x), Quench (2x), Quenched (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σβέννυμι — sbénnymi

ζβέννυμι, see σβέννυμι and under the word Sigma.

STRONGS NT 4570: σβέννυμισβέννυμι (ζβέννυμι, 1Th 5:19 Tdf. (cf. Sigma)) and (in classics) σβεννύω; future σβέσω; 1 aorist ἐσβεσα; passive, present σβεννυμαι; from Homer down; the Sept. for כִּבָּה and דָּעַך, to extinguish, quench;

a. properly: τί, fire or things on fire, Mat 12:20; Eph 6:16; Heb 11:34; passive (the Sept. for כָּבָה), to be quenched, to go out: Mat 25:8; Mar 9:44; Mar 9:46 (both which vss. T WH omit; Tr brackets), 48.

b. metaphorically, to quench, i. e. to suppress, stifle: τό πνεῦμα, divine influence, 1Th 5:19 (ἀγάπην, Son 8:7; τά πάθη, 4Ma 16:4; χόλον, Homer, Iliad 9, 678; ὕβριν, Plato, legg. 8, 835 d.; τόν θυμόν, ibid. 10, 888 a.).

8 occurrences

Matthew (2), Mark (3), Ephesians (1), I Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (1)