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
A furnace
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κάμινος G2575
Pronunciation káminos
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.
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Questions this entry answers
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 It furnace 3× Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Revelation 9:2
a furnace 1× Revelation 1:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:42
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Revelation 2
Source forms
κάμινον 2x kaminon Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50
καμίνου 1x kaminou Revelation 9:2
καμίνῳ 1x kaminō Revelation 1:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 1:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 9:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Furnace of intense heat used metaphorically for eschatological judgment and divine purification in Matthew and Revelation.
Strong's G2575
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 17:3 Source Gloss
a furnace
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 13:42 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμινον kaminon
a furnace
Read verse Matthew 13:50 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κάμινον kaminon
a furnace
Read verse Revelation 1:15 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
καμίνῳ kaminw
a furnace
Read verse Revelation 9:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
καμίνου kaminou
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 9:2 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:50 2×
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:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain