What does θυμιάω (thymiáō) mean in the Bible?
θυμιάω (thymiáō): To burn incense as a priestly act of worship, often symbolizing prayer ascending to heaven.
Greek · G2370
θυμιάω
To burn incense
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θυμιάωG2370
Pronunciationthymiáō
What does θυμιάω (thymiáō) mean in the Bible?
θυμιάω (thymiáō): To burn incense as a priestly act of worship, often symbolizing prayer ascending to heaven.
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How does the BSB render G2370?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [and] burn incense (1).
Where does θυμιάω (thymiáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It[and] burn incense1×Luke 1:9
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First aligned rowLuke 1:9
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
θυμιᾶσαι1xthymiasaiLuke 1:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active1xLuke 1:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To burn incense as a priestly act of worship, often symbolizing prayer ascending to heaven.
Strong'sG2370
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to burn incense
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To burn incense as a priestly act of worship, often symbolizing prayer ascending to heaven.
(θύω), [in LXX (with -άζω) chiefly for קָטַר pi., hi. ;] to burn incense: Luk.1:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:9Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
θυμιάσαιqumiasai
I burn incense
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
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Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesAoristVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Infinitiveverbal noun — the action in abstract1×
Aorist ActiveLuke 1:91×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
active1
Mood
infinitive1
NT Occurrences
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Witnesses
Luke 1:5–25θυμιάωthymiáō
To burn incense
Word Origins
θυμιάω is built from this root:
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