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Flame, Flaming

Flame, Flaming akin to Lat. fulgeo, "to shine," is used apart from pur, "fire," in Luk 16:24; with pur, it signifies "a fiery flame," lit., "a flame of fire," Act 7:30, 2Th 1:8, where the fire is to be underst...

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Flame, Flaming <1,,5395, phlox>

akin to Lat. fulgeo, "to shine," is used apart from pur, "fire," in Luk 16:24; with pur, it signifies "a fiery flame," lit., "a flame of fire," Act 7:30, 2Th 1:8, where the fire is to be understood as the instrument of Divine judgment; Heb 1:7, where the meaning probably is that God makes His angels as active and powerful as a "flame" of fire; in Rev 1:14, Rev 2:18, Rev 19:12, of the eyes of the Lord Jesus as emblematic of penetrating judgment, searching out evil.

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