G4570Verb6 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 12:20σβέσει
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
- Mark 9:48σβέννυται
where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
- Ephesians 6:16σβέσαι
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19σβέννυτε
Do not extinguish the Spirit.
- Hebrews 11:34ἔσβεσαν
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
Abbott-Smith
[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)
Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.