Luke 9:54

ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπον Κύριε θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς ὡς καὶ Ἠλίας ἐποίησεν
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἰδόντες
G1492 V-2AAP-NPM
eidō
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
  • to see
    • to perceive with the eyes
      • "to perceive by any of the senses"to perceive, notice, discern, discover"to see
      • i.e., to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything
        • "to pay attention, observe"to see about something
        • i.e., to ascertain what must be done about it
        to inspect, examine"to look at, behold
      to experience any state or condition"to see i.e., have an interview with, to visit
    to know
    • to know of anything
      • "to know, i.e., get knowledge of, understand, perceive
      • of any fact
        • "the force and meaning of something which has definite meaning"to know how, to be skilled in
      to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to (1 Thessalonians 5:12)
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
οἱ
G3588 T-NPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
μαθηταὶ
G3101 N-NPM
mathētēs
a learner, i.e., pupil
  • a learner, pupil, disciple
αὐτοῦ
G846
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
Ἰάκωβος
G2385 N-NSM-P
iakōbos
supplanter
Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
  • son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle John, commonly called James the greater or elder, slain by Herod, Acts 12
    • "an apostle, son of Alphaeus, called the less"James the half-brother of Christ"an unknown James, father of the apostle Judas(?)
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
Ἰωάννης
G2491 N-NSM-P
iōannēs
Jehovah is a gracious giver
Joannes (i.e., Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
  • John the Baptist, the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ
    • "John the apostle, the writer of the 4th Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder, the writer of the three epistles of John and the book of Revelation, perhaps referred to as the one ___%___whom Jesus loved___%___ in the Gospel of John"John, surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul (see Acts 12:12)"John, a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin (see Acts 5:6)
εἶπον
G2036
epō
to speak or say (by word or writing)
  • to speak, say
Κύριε
G2962
kyrios
supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
  • he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord
    • the possessor and disposer of a thing
      • the owner; one who has control of the person, the master
        • "in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor
      is a title of honor expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants salute their master"this title is given to: God, the Messiah
θέλεις
G2309 V-PAI-2S
thelō
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e., choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e., be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
  • to will, have in mind, intend
    • to be resolved or determined, to purpose
      • "to desire, to wish"to love
      • to like to do a thing, be fond of doing
      to take delight in, have pleasure
εἴπωμεν
G2036 V-2AAS-1P
epō
to speak or say (by word or writing)
  • to speak, say
πῦρ
G4442 N-ASN
pyr
___%___fire___%___ (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
  • fire
καταβῆναι
G2597 V-2AAN
katabainō
to descend (literally or figuratively)
  • to go down, come down, descend
    • the place from which one has come down from
      • "to come down
      • as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem
        • "of celestial beings coming down to earth
      to be cast down
    of things
    • to come (i.e., be sent) down
      • "to come (i.e., fall) down
      • from the upper regions of the air
    metaphorically to (go i.e.,) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame
ἀπὸ
G575 PREP
apo
___%___off,___%___ i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
  • of separation
    • of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e., of departing, of fleeing
      • "of separation of a part from the whole
      • where of a whole some part is taken
      of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed"of a state of separation, that is of distance
      • physical, of distance of place
        • "temporal, of distance of time
    of origin
    • of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken
      • "of origin of a cause
τοῦ
G3588 T-GSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
οὐρανοῦ
G3772 N-GSM
ouranos
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
  • the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it
    • the universe, the world
      • "the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced"the sidereal or starry heavens
    the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ἀναλῶσαι
G355 V-AAN
analiskō
properly, to use up, i.e., destroy
  • to expend
    • to consume, e.g., spend money
    to consume, use up, destroy
αὐτούς
G846 P-APM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
ὡς
G5613
hōs
which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
  • as, like, even as, etc.
καὶ
G2532
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
Ἠλίας
G2243
hēlias
my God is Jehovah
Helias (i.e., Elijah), an Israelite
  • The Old Testament prophet Elijah
ἐποίησεν
G4160
poieō
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
  • to make
    • with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc.
      • "to be the authors of, the cause"to make ready, to prepare"to produce, bear, shoot forth"to acquire, to provide a thing for one's self"to make a thing out of something"to (make i.e.,) render one anything
      • to (make i.e.,) constitute or appoint one anything, to appoint or ordain one that
        • "to (make i.e.,) declare one anything
      to put one forth, to lead him out"to make one do something
      • cause one to
      to be the authors of a thing (to cause, bring about)
    to do
    • to act rightly, do well
      • to carry out, to execute
      to do a thing unto one
      • to do to one
      with designation of time: to pass, spend"to celebrate, keep
      • to make ready, and so at the same time to institute, the celebration of the passover
      to perform: to a promise

ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπον Κύριε θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς ὡς καὶ Ἠλίας ἐποίησεν
54
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Cross References

2 Kings 1:10

וַיַּֽעֲנֶה אֵֽלִיָּהוּ וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל-שַׂר הַֽחֲמִשִּׁים וְאִם-אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים אָנִי תֵּרֶד אֵשׁ מִן-הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתֹאכַל אֹֽתְךָ וְאֶת-חֲמִשֶּׁיךָ וַתֵּרֶד אֵשׁ מִן-הַשָּׁמַיִם וַתֹּאכַל אֹתוֹ וְאֶת-חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃
10
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

James 3:14

εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας
14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

James 1:19

Ὥστε ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί· ἔστω πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ταχὺς εἰς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι βραδὺς εἰς τὸ λαλῆσαι βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν·
19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Acts 4:29

καὶ τὰ νῦν κύριε ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς αὐτῶν καὶ δὸς τοῖς δούλοις σου μετὰ παῤῥησίας πάσης λαλεῖν τὸν λόγον σου
29
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

2 Kings 10:31

וְיֵהוּא לֹא שָׁמַר לָלֶכֶת בְּתֽוֹרַת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכָל-לְבָבוֹ לֹא סָר מֵעַל חַטֹּאות יָֽרָבְעָם אֲשֶׁר הֶֽחֱטִיא אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

2 Samuel 21:2

וַיִּקְרָא הַמֶּלֶךְ לַגִּבְעֹנִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם וְהַגִּבְעֹנִים לֹא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה כִּי אִם-מִיֶּתֶר הָֽאֱמֹרִי וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נִשְׁבְּעוּ לָהֶם וַיְבַקֵּשׁ שָׁאוּל לְהַכֹּתָם בְּקַנֹּאתוֹ לִבְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל וִֽיהוּדָֽה׃
2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

Revelation 13:3

καὶ εἶδον μίαν τῶν κεφαλῶν αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐσφαγμένην εἰς θάνατον καὶ ἡ πληγὴ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ ἐθεραπεύθη καὶ ἐθαυμάσθη ἐν ὅλη τῇ γῆ ὀπίσω τοῦ θηρίου
3
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

2 Kings 10:16

וַיֹּאמֶר לְכָה אִתִּי וּרְאֵה בְּקִנְאָתִי לַֽיהוָה וַיַּרְכִּבוּ אֹתוֹ בְּרִכְבּֽוֹ׃
16
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
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