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Strong's G381 ἀνάπτω (anapto)

Anapto means “kindle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H381 — ishchayil (“a valiant man”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G381
Language Greek
Linked Usages 24
Books 12

Strong's G381 Quick Answer

Strong's G381 ἀνάπτω (anapto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. anapto (an-ap'-to) v. 1. to enkindle [from G303 and G681] It has 24 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include fire, lord, kindled, flame, and kindle. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
anapto (an-ap'-to) v. 1. to enkindle [from G303 and G681]
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
fire, lord, kindled, flame, and kindle

Meaning and Definition

anapto (an-ap'-to) v. 1. to enkindle [from G303 and G681] KJV: kindle, light Root(s): G303, G681

Original Word
ἀνάπτω
Transliteration
anapto
Derivation
Root: ἅπτω R1: 303 R2: 681
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G381. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

fire lord kindled flame kindle day devour every great thee saith things

How Strong's G381 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G381 (ἀνάπτω) appears 21 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G381 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G381 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 12:49 KJV

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Acts 28:2 KJV

And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

James 3:5 KJV

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

Strong's G381 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

18 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

2 Chronicles 13:11 Septuagint / Brenton

they sacrifice to the Lord whole burnt offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and set the showbread on the pure table; and there is the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.

Psalms 17:9 Septuagint / Brenton

There went up a smoke in his wrath, And fire burst into a flame at his presence: Coals were kindled at it.

Psalms 77:21 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: And fire was kindled in Jacob, And wrath went up against Israel.

Strong's G381 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 1:22 Septuagint / Brenton

When this was done, and the time came that the sun shone, which afore was hidden in the cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that every man marveled.

2 Maccabees 1:32 Septuagint / Brenton

When this was done, there was kindled a flame: but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar.

2 Maccabees 10:36 Septuagint / Brenton

Others likewise ascending after them, whiles they were busied with them that were within, burned the towers, and kindling fires burned the blasphemers alive; and others broke open the gates, and, having received in the rest of the army, took the city,

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G381.

2 Chronicles 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they sacrifice to the Lord whole burnt offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and set the showbread on the pure table; and there is the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.
Psalms 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There went up a smoke in his wrath, And fire burst into a flame at his presence: Coals were kindled at it.
Psalms 77:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: And fire was kindled in Jacob, And wrath went up against Israel.
Jeremiah 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord addressed to him, let him tell you wherefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.
Jeremiah 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord called thy name a fair olive tree, of a goodly shade in appearance, at the noise of its being lopped, fire was kindled against it; great is the affliction coming upon thee: her branches are become good for nothing.
Jeremiah 17:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But it shall come to pass, if ye will not hearken to me to sanctify the Sabbath day, to bear no burdens, nor go in with them by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the streets of Jerusalem, and shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench it.
Jeremiah 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
Jeremiah 27:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.
Lamentations 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has broken in his fierce anger All the horn of Israel: He has turned back his right hand From the face of the enemy, And has kindled a flame in Jacob as fire, And it has devoured all things round about.
Lamentations 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord has accomplished his wrath; He has poured out his fierce anger, And has kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured her foundations.
Lamentations 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Depart ye from the unclean ones: Call ye them: depart, depart, touch them not: For they are on fire, yea, they stagger: Say ye among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there.
Ezekiel 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt say to the forest of Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north.
Joel 1:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To thee, O Lord, will I cry: for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness, and a flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
Joel 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.
Amos 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbah, and it shall devour her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in the days of her destruction:
Malachi 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and one will not kindle the fire of mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands.
Malachi 3:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.
Luke 12:49 New Testament, KJV
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Acts 28:2 New Testament, KJV
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
James 3:5 New Testament, KJV
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
2 Maccabees 1:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When this was done, and the time came that the sun shone, which afore was hidden in the cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that every man marveled.
2 Maccabees 1:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When this was done, there was kindled a flame: but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar.
2 Maccabees 10:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Others likewise ascending after them, whiles they were busied with them that were within, burned the towers, and kindling fires burned the blasphemers alive; and others broke open the gates, and, having received in the rest of the army, took the city,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G381, grouped by book.

2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G381 FAQ

What does anapto (ἀνάπτω) mean?

Anapto (Strong's G381) is a Greek word most simply glossed "kindle". anapto (an-ap'-to) v. 1. to enkindle [from G303 and G681]

How many times is anapto (ἀνάπτω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's G381 across 12 books.

Where can I study anapto (ἀνάπτω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G381 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate anapto (ἀνάπτω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fire, lord, kindled, flame, kindle, and day. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G381 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 18 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G381, with linked reader references where each row is available.