τήκω
tḗkō · G5080 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to become liquid, to melt
To become liquid, either by melting or condensation
Examples2 Peter 3:12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- στοιχεῖονelementary principles, elements 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- διαλύω dialýō · G1262 · to scatter, to cause to disperse
- Greek verb for dissolving or breaking apart, overlaps with τήκω in the sense of causing something solid to break down into liquid or component parts
In the other Testament 1 word
- מָסַס mâçaç · H4549 · to melt, to dissolve, to lose heart
- Hebrew verb for melting/dissolving, the standard translation equivalent for the concept of liquefying or melting in the Hebrew Bible, frequently used of hearts melting in fear or physical substances melting
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To become liquid, to melt79.8
- Peter writes concerning the day of God, “because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat” (2 Peter 3:12).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : from Homer down; to make liquid; passive, to become liquid, to melt; to perish or be…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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