ἐκἅπτω
kindle, light
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐκἅπτω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 5 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 30:8 ἐκἅπτω And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.
- Numbers 8:3 ἐκἅπτω And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.
- Proverbs 22:15 ἐκἅπτω Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.
- Lamentations 4:19 ἐκἅπτω Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.
- Ezekiel 21:3 ἐκἅπτω and you shall say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and I will destroy out of you the transgressor and unrighteous.
About this word
About this word
ἐκἅπτω (hekáptō), “kindle, light,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 5 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
