to extinguish

Greek Verb

σβέννυμι [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)

to extinguish

Greek Verb

σβέννῡμι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σβεννύω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐσβέννυον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]future σβέσω App [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect σβέσσω Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσβεσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive σβέσσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect infinitive κατα-ς βῶσαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]perfect and aorist 2, see below:—middle, future σβήσομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist σβέσαντο [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future σβεσθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσβέσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect συν-έσβετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἔσβεσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—besides these, aorist 2 and perfect and pluperfect active are used intransitive, ἔσβην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative σβῆτε (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἀπο-σβείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔσβηκα (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐσβήκει (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—quench, put out, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. τὸ καιόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) of liquids, dry up, ἡ Μηδικὴ πόα σ. τὸ γάλα [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) generally and metaphorically, quench, quell, check, κεῖνός γ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλει σβέσσαι χόλον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καῦμα (in the bowels) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιθάργυρον ὄξει ἢ οἴνῳ σ. cooling it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὕδατι δίψαν σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. τυραννίδα epigram cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+]; regard as extinguishable, ταύτας τὰς δυνάμεις [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II) passive σβέννυμαι (with intransitive tenses of active, see above), to be quenched, go out, of fire, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἔσβη πῦρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of inflamed pustules, go down, disappear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰχθύων. ᾠὰ μετὰ ἁλῶν σβεσθέντα (assuming variant) καὶ ἐποπτηθέντα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically of men, become extinct, die, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a city,[Refs 1st c.AD+] II.2) of liquids, run dry, γάλα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἶγες σβεννύμεναι goats which are going off their milk, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) generally, to be quelled or lulled, of wind, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἔσβη οὖρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of sound, σβέννυτο θωρήκων ἐνοπή [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐσβέσθη Νίκανδρος his charm is quenched, [Refs]; of an orator, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of legal proceedings, to be cancelled, διὰ τὸ ἐσβέσθαι πᾶν σπέρμα δίκης [Refs 5th c.BC+] zg[uglide]es-, compare ζείναμεν· σβέννυμεν, [Refs 5th c.AD+], Lithuanian gèsti 'to be extinguished'.)

Greek

Verb

to extinguish (literally or figuratively); go out, quench; a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb