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Burn
BURN, BURNING. The burning, consuming flame of fire flickers through the Bible as a constant symbol as well as an ever-present reality. There are several distinct usages.
1. The burning of the sacrifice (
2. Burning as a means of judgment was literally carried out both by God and man in history and at the consummation of all things (
3. God Himself in holiness and eternal might is represented by the burning bush (
4. The burning of zeal and passion is familiar (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
burn, burn’-ing: Figurative: In addition to the ordinary meaning, burn is used metaphorically in the following passages of the New Testament:
(1) kaio (
(2) puroo, used twice, once in the sense of inflamed with sexual desire (
See also PUNISHMENTS.