| Lexical Summary emprēthō: burn upOriginal Word: ἐμπρήθω Transliteration: emprēthō Phonetic Spelling: (em-pray'-tho) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: burn up Meaning: burn up Strong's Concordanceburn up. From en and pretho (to blow a flame); to enkindle, i.e. Set on fire -- burn up. see GREEK en Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 1714: ἐμπρήθω ἐμπρήθω: 1 aorist ἐνέπρησα; from Homer down; the Sept. for שָׂרַף and הִצִית; to burn; destroy by fire: τήν πόλιν, Matthew 22:7. | 



