King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5080
Transliteration: tēkō
Phonetic Spelling: (tay'-ko)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to melt (down), to melt away
Meaning: to melt (down), to melt away
τήκω: from Homer down; to make liquid; passive, to become liquid, to melt; to perish or be destroyed by melting: 2 Peter 3:12, where for the present 3 person singular τήκεται Lachmann gives the future τακήσεται (see WH on the passage and in their Appendix, p. 171), cf. Isaiah 34:4 τακήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν. (Cf. Veitch, under the word.)
Word Summary
tēkō: to melt (down), to melt away
Original Word: τήκωTransliteration: tēkō
Phonetic Spelling: (tay'-ko)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to melt (down), to melt away
Meaning: to melt (down), to melt away
Strong's Concordance
melt. Apparently a primary verb; to liquefy -- melt.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5080: τήκωτήκω: from Homer down; to make liquid; passive, to become liquid, to melt; to perish or be destroyed by melting: 2 Peter 3:12, where for the present 3 person singular τήκεται Lachmann gives the future τακήσεται (see WH on the passage and in their Appendix, p. 171), cf. Isaiah 34:4 τακήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν. (Cf. Veitch, under the word.)