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bûrn, bûrn´ing: Figurative: In addition to the ordinary meaning, burn is used metaphorically in the following passages of the New Testament:
(1) καιÌω, kaıÌoÌ„ (), “Was not our heart burning within us,†i.e. greatly moved.
(2) πυÏοÌω, puroÌoÌ„, used twice, once in the sense of inflamed with sexual desire (), “For it is better to marry than to burn†and in of the heat of the passions, here of grief, or anger, “Who is offended (the American Standard Revised Version “caused to stumbleâ€) and I burn not?†See also PUNISHMENTS.