UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: τεφρόω · τυφόομαι

Sense 1: to smolder, to flicker

Semantic entry: 14.64

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Burning

Definition: the process of burning slowly, with accompanying smoke and relatively little glow

Notes: In RV MAT 12:20 · LV MAT 12:20 · Read together MAT 12:20 the burning of the wick may be described as ‘to burn very slowly’ or ‘to burn just a little,’ but it may be more satisfactory to render τύφομαι in terms of the amount of light which is shown, for example, ‘causing just a little light’ or ‘shining only a little as it burns.’

Forms: τύφομαι

MAT 12:20: RV MAT 12:20 · LV MAT 12:20 · Read together MAT 12:20

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OET-RV MAT 12:20

20 He won’t break off a bruised reed,
⇔ and certainly won’t extinguish a smoldering wick,
⇔ before he sends justice forward into victory.

OET-LV MAT 12:20

20 By _no _means he _will _be _breaking a_reed having _been _bruised, and by _no _means he _will _be _extinguishing a_wick being _smouldering, until wishfully he _may _send _forth the justice to victory.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

τύφω

Form 1

Sense 1: to smolder, to flicker