phlox · flame

What it means

phlox (φλόξ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “flame”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The tongue of fire that rises when something burns.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×1
• Revelation×3

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• Acts 7:30

  And when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:8

  in a flame of fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.

• Hebrews 1:7

  And of the angels he says: He who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.

• Revelation 1:14

  His head and hair were white like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire,

• Revelation 2:18

  And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: This is what the Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze, says:

• Revelation 19:12

  And his eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, having a name written that no one knows except he himself.