Quick Definition
σβέννυμι v. I extinguish, suppress
Strong's Definition
a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; to extinguish (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: go out, quench
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. σβέσω · aor. ἔσβεσα · inf. σβέσαι | ἄσβεστος
14.70 · Physical Events and States · Burning
to extinguish a fire, to put out a fire to cause a fire to be extinguished ‘To put out fierce fires’ may be expressed as ‘to cause fierce fires no longer to burn’ or ‘to make large fires stop burning.’ In order to speak of ‘fierce fires’ it may be necessary in some languages to speak of ‘large, hot fires.’
68.52 · Aspect · Cease, Stop
to stop, to quench (a figurative extension of meaning of σβέννυμι[a] ‘to extinguish a fire,’ 14.70) to cause a fervent activity to cease Though the particular activity of the Spirit is not overtly indicated in the context of 1TH 5:19, the book as a whole contains sufficient reference to the activity of the Spirit so as to indicate what is involved.
14.69 · (σβέννυμαι) · Physical Events and States · Burning
to stop burning to cease burning, either because of lack of material to be burned or because the fire has been forcibly extinguished The expression ‘our lamps are going out’ may be rendered as ‘our lamps will soon not be burning’ or ‘our lamps will burn only a little bit more.’ It may, however, be misleading to speak of ‘lamps burning’ (see discussion in 14.65), and accordingly, it may be much better to translate ‘our lamps will show light only a little bit more’ or ‘the oil in our lamps will burn only a little bit more.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σβέννυμι (ζβέννυμι, 1 Th. v. 19 Tdf. [ef. 3, σ, s]) and [in classics] σβεννύω ; fut. σβέσω ; 1 aor. éo8eca; Pass., pres. σβέννυμαι: fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 7323 and 37, to extinguish, quench ; a. prop.: τί, fire or things on fire, Mt. xii. 20; Eph. vi. 16; Heb. xi. 34; pass. (Sept. for 713) to be quenched, to go out: Mt. xxv. 8; Mk. ix. 44, 46, [both which vss. T WH om. Tr br.], 48. b. metaph. to quench i.e. to suppress, stifle: τὸ πνεῦμα, divine influence, 1 Th. v. 19 (ἀγάπην, Cant. viii. 7; τὰ πάθη, 4 Mace. xvi. 4; χύλον, Hom. Il. 9, 678; ὕβριν, Plat. lege. 8, 835 d.; τὸν θυμόν, ibid. 10, 888 a.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σβέννυμι sbennymi 6x
to extinguish, quench, Mt. 12:20; 25:8; Mk. 9:44, 46, 48; Eph. 6:16; Heb. 11:34; met. to quench, damp, hinder, thwart, 1 Thess. 5:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σβέννυμι
[in LXX chiefly for כּבה ;]
of fire or things on fire, to quench: c. acc, Mt 12:20, Eph 6:16, He 11:34; pass., Mt 25:8, Mk 9:[44, 46], 48, Metaph. (cf. Ca 8:7, IV Mac 16:4): τὸ πνεῦμα, I Th 5:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σβέννυμι, ‘“extinguish,” ‘* put out,” of fire εἴς. : cf. P Leid Wvii 34 σεβέσθητι (1. σβέσθητι). For the metaph. use in 1 Thess 518 cf. Kazbel 2044 (i/B.C.) ἀμφοτέροις ἡμῖν ἔσβεσας ἠέλιον, and for the meaning ‘‘wash out,’’ ‘‘erase,” cf. the late P Mon I. 148 ἐσβέσθαι πᾶν σπέρμα δίκης, and 74. 1487 (both vi/A.D.). MGr σβήνω, “extinguish,” and intrans. ‘Sam extinguished.’’ See also s.v. ζβέννυμι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σβέννυμι (sbennumi) — to extinguish. σβέννῡμι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σβεννύω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐσβέννυον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]future σβέσω App [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect σβέσσω Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσβεσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive σβέσσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect infinitive κατα-ς βῶσαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]perfect and aorist 2, see below:—middle, future σβήσομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist σβέσαντο [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future σβεσθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσβέσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect συν-έσβετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἔσβεσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—besides these, aorist 2 and perfect and pluperfect active are used intransitive, ἔσβην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative σβῆτε (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἀπο-σβείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔσβηκα (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐσβήκει (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—quench, put out, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. τὸ καιόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of liquids, dry up, ἡ Μηδικὴ πόα σ. τὸ γάλα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. generally and metaphorically, quench, quell, check, κεῖνός γ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλει σβέσσαι χόλον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καῦμα (in the bowels) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιθάργυρον ὄξει ἢ οἴνῳ σ. cooling it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὕδατι δίψαν σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. τυραννίδα epigram cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+]; regard as extinguishable, ταύτας τὰς δυνάμεις [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. passive σβέννυμαι (with intransitive tenses of active, see above), to be quenched, go out, of fire, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἔσβη πῦρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of inflamed pustules, go down, disappear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰχθύων.. ᾠὰ μετὰ ἁλῶν σβεσθέντα (assuming variant) καὶ ἐποπτηθέντα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically of men, become extinct, die, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a city,[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. of liquids, run dry, γάλα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἶγες σβεννύμεναι goats which are going off their milk, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. generally, to be quelled or lulled, of wind, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἔσβη οὖρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of sound, σβέννυτο θωρήκων ἐνοπή [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐσβέσθη Νίκανδρος his charm is quenched, [Refs]; of an orator, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of legal proceedings, to be cancelled, διὰ τὸ ἐσβέσθαι πᾶν σπέρμα δίκης [Refs 5th c.BC+] zg[uglide]es-, compare ζείναμεν· σβέννυμεν, [Refs 5th c.AD+], Lithuanian gèsti 'to be extinguished'.)