What does κάμινος (káminos) mean in the Bible?
κάμινος (káminos): Furnace of intense heat used metaphorically for eschatological judgment and divine purification in Matthew and Revelation.
Greek · G2575
κάμινος
κάμινος (káminos): Furnace of intense heat used metaphorically for eschatological judgment and divine purification in Matthew and Revelation.
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κάμινοςG2575
Pronunciationkáminos
What does κάμινος (káminos) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G2575?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include furnace (3), a furnace (1).
Where does κάμινος (káminos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfurnace3×Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Revelation 9:2
a furnace1×Revelation 1:15
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 13:42
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Matthew2Revelation2
Source forms
κάμινον2xkaminonMatthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50
καμίνου1xkaminouRevelation 9:2
καμίνῳ1xkaminōRevelation 1:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xMatthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 1:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xRevelation 9:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Furnace of intense heat used metaphorically for eschatological judgment and divine purification in Matthew and Revelation.
Strong'sG2575
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkProverbs 17:3Source Gloss
a furnace
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:42Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμινονkaminon
a furnace
Read verseMatthew 13:50Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμινονkaminon
a furnace
Read verseRevelation 1:15Noun Dative Singular Feminine
καμίνῳkaminw
a furnace
Read verseRevelation 9:2Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
καμίνουkaminou
a furnace
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
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineRev 9:21×
Dative · Singular · FeminineRev 1:151×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 13:42 · Matt 13:502×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical testing of hearts, as fire tests metals in a furnace
Metaphorical proving of character, as furnace and fire test precious metals
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κάμινος is built from this root:
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