| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. 2. (v. t.) Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. 3. (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. 4. (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork. 5. (v. t.) To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. 6. (v. i.) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia INFLAME; ENFLAME in-flam', en-flam' (dalaq): "To inflame" in the meaning "to excite passion" is found in Isaiah 5:11, "till wine inflame them." In some the King James Version passages (e.g. Isaiah 57:5) we find "enflaming" with the same meaning; compare the King James Version Susanna verse 8 and Sirach 28:10 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "inflame"). | Multi-Version Concordance Inflame (3 Occurrences) Proverbs 26:21 As' coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife. (ASV DBY) Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them! (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 57:5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS) |