φλόξ G5395
A flame or blaze of fire; visible burning used of theophanies, eschatological judgment, and the torment of the afterlife.
Refers to the visible, luminous part of a fire — the flame itself — carrying intense theological freight in the NT. It appears in theophanic contexts where God manifests through fire: the burning bush where an angel appears 'in a flame of fire' (Acts 7:30) and the description of angels as 'flames of fire' (Heb 1:7). It also marks eschatological judgment, as when the Lord Jesus is revealed 'in flaming fire' (2 Thess 1:8) and his eyes are 'like a flame of fire' (Rev 1:14). In Luke 16:24, it names the tormenting fire of Hades. French 'flamme,' German 'Flamme,' and Spanish 'llama' all render it with equal directness.
Senses
1. flame, blaze — A flame or blaze — the visible, burning portion of a fire. Used in the NT primarily in theophanic and eschatological settings: the flame of the burning bush (Acts 7:30), angels described as flames of fire (Heb 1:7), Christ revealed in flaming fire at his return (2 Thess 1:8), and his eyes like a flame (Rev 1:14). In Luke 16:24 it names the tormenting fire of Hades. French 'flamme,' German 'Flamme,' Spanish 'llama' all render it uniformly, confirming a single concrete-to-metaphorical semantic range. 7×
AR["لَهيبٍ", "لَهيبَ", "لَهيبِ", "لَهِيبِ"]·ben["অগ্নিশিখায়", "আগুনে", "শিখা"]·DE["Flamme", "φλογὶ"]·EN["a-flame", "flame", "of-flame"]·FR["Flamme", "flamme"]·heb["לֶהָבָה", "לַהַב"]·HI["आग", "जवअलअ-कि", "ज्वाला", "लपट", "लौ"]·ID["nyala", "nyala,", "nyala-api"]·IT["fiamma", "phlogi"]·jav["kobong,", "latu", "urub", "urubing"]·KO["불꽃", "불꽃-에서", "불꽃에서", "불꽃으로", "불꽃이다", "화염의"]·PT["chama", "de-chama"]·RU["пламенем", "пламени", "пламя"]·ES["de-llama", "llama"]·SW["moto", "mwali", "wa-mwali"]·TR["alev", "alevde", "alevi", "alevli"]·urd["آگ", "شعلہ", "شعلے-کی", "لو"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
φλόξ, ἡ, genitive φλογός: (φλέγω):— flame of fire, Refs 8th c.BC+; φλογὸς σπέρμα, of live charcoal, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀναιθύσσειν, θύειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐγείρειν, παρακαλεῖν, Refs 8th c.BC+: later in plural, flames, meteors, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 fire as an element, φλογὸς αἶσα Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 of other kinds of flame, φ. κεραυνία, οὐρανία, of lightning, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the heat of the sun, Refs…