UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to burn something down, to burn something up, to reduce to ashes

Semantic entry: 14.66

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Burning

Definition: to destroy something by burning

Notes: This word is found as a variant reading only: πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας κατέπρησεν ‘he burned down the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes’ OET PE2 2:6 (apparatus).|See comments on terms for burning in 14.63: καίω / 14.63: καῦσις / 14.63: καυσόω / 14.63: πυρόω / 14.63: πύρωσις and 14.65: ἀνάπτω / 14.65: ἅπτω / 14.65: ἐμπίπρημι / 14.65: καίω / 14.65: περιάπτω / 14.65: φλογίζω.