Burn; Burning - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BURN; BURNING

burn, burn'-ing:

Figurative: In addition to the ordinary meaning, burn is used metaphorically in the following passages of the New Testament:

(1) kaio (Luke 24:32), "Was not our heart burning within us," i.e. greatly moved.

(2) puroo, used twice, once in the sense of inflamed with sexual desire (1 Corinthians 7:9), "For it is better to marry than to burn" and in 2 Corinthians 11:29 of the heat of the passions, here of grief, or anger, "Who is offended (the American Standard Revised Version "caused to stumble") and I burn not?"

See also \PUNISHMENTS\.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BURN; BURNING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.