Tephróō — G5077

Definition

verb

to incinerate, i.e. consume

1. to reduce to ashes

Usually translated as

turn to ashes

Origin

from téphra (ashes)

Occurrences

Tephróō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Peter (1)

• 2 Peter 2:6 — And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes (τεφρώσας) condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;