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burn

Meaning of “burn”

Sense 1: To consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

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138 occurrences131 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:3

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Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 1:9 · retained source text

According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord.

Luke 3:17
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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1611 witness · Luke 3:17 · retained source text

Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will thorowly purge his floore, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaffe he will burne with fire vnquencheable.

Luke 24:32
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
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1611 witness · Luke 24:32 · retained source text

And they said one vnto another, Did not our heart burne within vs, while hee talked with vs by the way, and while hee opened to vs the Scriptures?

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