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Strong's #4570 - σβέννυμι
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- to extinguish, quench
- of fire or things on fire
- to be quenched, to go out
- metaph. to quench, to suppress, stifle
- of divine influence
- of fire or things on fire
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σβέννῡμι, Hdt. 2.66, Pl. Lg. 835e, etc.; σβεννύω, Pi. P. 1.5, Hp. Acut. 54, Thphr. Ign. 19, etc.: impf. ἐσβέννυον Paus. 4.21.4: fut. σβέσω App BC 2.68, ( κατα- ) A. Ag. 958, E. IT 633; Ep. σβέσσω Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77, Theoc. 23.26: aor. ἔσβεσα Il. 16.293 (tm.), S. Aj. 1057, Ar. Av. 778 (lyr.); Ep. inf. σβέσσαι Il. 16.621; Ion. inf. κατα-ς βῶσαι Herod. 5.39: pf. and aor. 2, v. infr.: — Med., fut. σβήσομαι ( ἀπο- ) Pl. Lg. 805c: aor. σβέσαντο Q.S. 1.795: — Pass., Hes. Op. 590: fut. σβεσθήσομαι Gal. 7.17: aor. ἐσβέσθην Hp. Acut. ( Sp. ) 26, ( κατ- ) X. HG 5.3.8; Ep. συν-έσβετο Opp. H. 2.477, etc.: pf. ἔσβεσμαι Longin. 21.1, Ael. NA 9.54, etc., ( ἀπ- ) Hp. Int. 43: — besides these, aor. 2 and pf. and plpf. Act. are used intr., ἔσβην Il. 9.471, ( ἀπ- ) E. Fr. 971, ( κατ- ) Hdt. 4.5; imper. σβῆτε (trans.) Sophr. in Stud.Ital. 10.123; part. ἀπο-σβείς Hp. Epid. 4.31: pf. ἔσβηκα ( ἀπ- ) X. Cyr. 8.8.13, ( κατ- ) A. Ag. 888: plpf. ἐσβήκει ( ἀπ- ) Pl. Smp. 218b: — quench, put out, used by Hom. in the literal sense only in compd. κατα-σβέννυμι (q.v.); ς. τὸ καιόμενον Hdt. 2.66; κεραυνόν Pi. P. 1.6; φλόγα Th. 2.77, A.R. 4.668 .
2. of liquids, dry up, ἡ Μηδικὴ πόα ς. τὸ γάλα Arist. HA 522b25, cf. AP 9.549 ( Antiphil. ).
3. generally and metaph., quench, quell, check, κεῖνός γ' οὐκ ἐθέλει σβέσσαι χόλον Il. 9.678; ἀνθρώπων σβέσσαι μένος 16.621; ὕβριν Simon. ( 132 ) ap. Hdt. 5.77, cf. Orac. ap. eund. 8.77, Heraclit. 43, Pl. Lg. 835e; εἰ μὴ θεῶν τις τήνδε πεῖραν ἔσβεσεν S. Aj. 1057; ὡς φόνῳ σβέσῃ φόνον E. HF 40; ἔσβεσε κύματα νήνεμος αἴθρη Ar. Av. 778; ς. αὔξην καὶ ἐπιρροήν Pl. Lg. 783b; τὸν θυμόν ib. 888a; καῦμα (in the bowels) Hp. Acut. 54; ὁ βορέας ς. τὴν θερμότητα Arist. Mete. 347b4; λιθάργυρον ὄξει ἢ οἴνῳ ς . cooling it, Dsc. 5.87; ὕδατι δίψαν ς . A.R. 3.1349; ς. τυραννίδα Epigr. ap. Plu. Lyc. 20; κλέος AP 9.104 ( Alph. ); Ἑλλάδα φωνήν ib. 451; regard as extinguishable, ταύτας τὰς δυνάμεις Plot. 6.4.10 .
II Pass. σβέννυμαι (with intr. tenses of Act., v. supr.), to be quenched, go out, of fire, οὐδέ ποτ' ἔσβη πῦρ Il. 9.471; of inflamed pustules, go down, disappear, Hp. Acut. ( Sp. ) 26; ἰχθύων . . ᾠὰ μετὰ ἁλῶν σβεσθέντα (s.v.l.) καὶ ἐποπτηθέντα Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.121c: metaph. of men, become extinct, die, AP 7.20 ( Simon. ?); of a city, ib. 9.178 ( Antiphil. ).
2. of liquids, run dry, γάλα Arist. HA 587b28; πηγαί AP 9.128; αἷμα Plu. 2.49d; αἶγες σβεννύμεναι goats which are going off their milk, Hes. Op. 590 .
3. generally, to be quelled or lulled, of wind, οὐδέ ποτ' ἔσβη οὖρος Od. 3.182; of sound, σβέννυτο θωρήκων ἐνοπή Tryph. 10: metaph., τὸ μάχιμον σβεννύμενον ὑπὸ γήρως Plu. Pomp. 8; ἐσβέσθη Νίκανδρος his charm is quenched, AP 12.39; of an orator, D.H. Pomp. 4; ἐσβέσθη τὰ φίλτρα AP 7.221, cf. Philostr. VA 1.33, Longin. 21.1; of legal proceedings, to be cancelled, διὰ τὸ ἐσβέσθαι πᾶν σπέρμα δίκης PMonac. 1.43 (vi A.D.) . (I.- E. zg[uglide]es-, cf. ζείναμεν· σβέννυμεν, Hsch., Lith. gèsti 'to be extinguished'.)
ζβέννυμι, see σβέννυμι and under the word Sigma.
STRONGS NT 4570: σβέννυμι σβέννυμι (ζβέννυμι, 1 Thessalonians 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, Matthew 12:20; Ephesians 6:16; Hebrews 11:34; passive (the Sept. for כָּבָה), to be quenched, to go out: Matthew 25:8; Mark 9:44, 46 (both which vss. T WH omit; Tr brackets), 48.
b. metaphorically, to quench, i. e. to suppress, stifle: τό πνεῦμα, divine influence, 1 Thessalonians 5:19 (ἀγάπην, Song of Solomon 8:7; τά πάθη, 4 Macc. 16:4; χόλον, Homer, Iliad 9, 678; ὕβριν, Plato, legg. 8, 835 d.; τόν θυμόν, ibid. 10, 888 a.).
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σβέννυμι ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3518;]
of fire or things on fire, to quench: c. acc, Matthew 12:20, Ephesians 6:16, Hebrews 11:34; pass., Matthew 25:8, Mark 9:48, [44, 46]. Metaph. (cf. , 4 Maccabees 16:4): τὸ πνεῦμα , 1 Thessalonians 5:19.†
ζβέννυμι , for σβ -, 1 Thessalonians 5:19 T (v. WH, Notes, 148).†
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For the declension of this place-name see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 68. It may be noted that the wall-scratchings Sodoma, Gomora in Pompeii (see A. Mau Pompeji in Leben und Kunst, Leipzig, 1900, p. 15 : Engl. Tr. p. 17) may be taken as a trace of Christianity in that town, as well as a prophecy of its end : cf. Nestle ZNTW v. (1904), p. 167 f.
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