Quick Definition
φλόξ, φλογός, ἡ n.f. a flame
Strong's Definition
from a primary phlego (to "flash" or "flame"); a blaze
KJV Usage: flame(-ing)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | φλογός | φλογίζω
2.4 · Natural Substances · Fire
flame the burning vapor surrounding an object on fire As in the case of πῦρa ‘fire’ (2.3), the term φλόξ ‘flame’ is likewise frequently rendered by a verb rather than by a noun. Accordingly, in a passage such as ACT 7:30 ‘in the flames of a burning bush’ becomes ‘where the burning bush was flaming up’ or ‘where flames were burning a bush.’ In some languages ‘flames’ are referred to as ‘the tongues of the fire’ or ‘the banner of the fire.’ In a number of languages, however, no distinction is made between ‘fire’ and ‘flame.’
LUK 16:24 · ACT 7:30 · HEB 1:7 · REV 1:14 · REV 2:18 · REV 19:12
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φλόξ, gen. φλογός, ἡ, (φλέγω [to burn; cf. Lat. ‘flagro’, ete.]), fr. Hom. down, Sept. for 299 and na), a flame: Lk. xvi. 24; on the phrases φλὸξ πυρός and πῦρ φλογός see πῦρ, p. ὅ58".
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φλόξ phlox 7x
a flame, Lk. 16:24; Acts 7:30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φλόξ gen., φλογός,
[in LXX chiefly for לַהַב, לֶהָבָה ;]
a flame: Lk 16:24; φ, πυρός, Ac 7:30, II Th 1:8, He 1:7 (LXX), Re 1:14 2:18 19:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φλόξ φῖόξ, “a flame” (Lk 1674, a/.): P Leid Wvii-37 (ii/iii a.p.) (= II. p. 105) ἀποσκεδασθήτω pov πᾶσα φηλόξ (/. φλόξ), P Lond 1227 (hymn to the Sun—iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 118) ἥλιε χρυσόκομα διέπων φλογὸς ἀκάματον φῶς, and from the inscrr. Preisigke 5620 (amulet) φῶς πῦρ φλόξ, and Sy// 804 (=*1170)*4 (ii/A.D.) φλὸξ ἀναδραμοῦσα ἐπέφλευσε τὴν χεῖρα. For a form φλώξ see P Osl I. 1598 (iv/a.v.) ὡς PAGE καομένη, with the editor’s note. φλυαρέω c. acc. = “‘prate against” in 3 Jn! For the more general meaning ‘‘talk nonsense,” cf. P Cairo Zen III. 593007 (B.C. 250) δικαίως οὖν ᾿Απολλωνίδει φλυαρεῖν ἐπέρχεται, 75.9 οὐκ ἂν νῦν διὰ κενῆς ἐφλυάρει, and the Christian P Heid 613 (iv/A.p.) (= Se/ectéons, p. 126) ἵνα οὖν μὴ πολλὰ γράφω Kal φλυραρήσω (/. φλυαρήσω), ‘that I may not by much writing prove myself an idle babbler.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φλόξ (phlox) — flame. φλόξ, ἡ, genitive φλογός: (φλέγω):— flame of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φλογὸς σπέρμα, of live charcoal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναιθύσσειν, θύειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγείρειν, παρακαλεῖν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later in plural, flames, meteors, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. fire as an element, φλογὸς αἶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of other kinds of flame, φ. κεραυνία, οὐρανία, of lightning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the heat of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; flash of a miraculous cloud, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of precious stones, ψυχρὰ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the blade of a sword, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]
4. in similes and metaphors, φλογὶ εἴκελος, ἶσος, of fiery warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. οἴνου the fiery strength of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, [Refs 4th c.BC+]