UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to cause to be ashamed, to make ashamed

Semantic entry: 25.199

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to heap coals of fire on the head, but the historical background of this idiom is not known, and hence to some extent the meaning is uncertain) to treat someone in such a positive manner as to cause that person to be ashamed or embarrassed

Collocations: σωρεύω ἄνθρακας πυρὸς ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν

Sense 2: to be given over to doing, to be fully engaged in

Semantic entry: 68.76

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Do Intensely or Extensively

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of σωρεύω ‘to heap up’; see 25.199: σωρεύω) to be engaged intensively and extensively in some activity

Notes: It is possible to interpret the usage of σωρεύομαι in RV TI2 3:6 · LV TI2 3:6 · Read together TI2 3:6 as referring to a state of being ‘burdened by sins’ or ‘burdened by the guilt of sin.’

Forms: σωρεύομαι