burneth

Fire doth destroy

Burneth is an archaic third-person singular form of burn, using the -eth ending that was standard in Early Modern English.

It appears primarily in the King James Bible and other religious or literary texts from that era: The fire burneth all the day.

Modern readers encounter it mainly in biblical quotations, hymns, or deliberately archaic writing meant to evoke solemnity or antiquity.

damage

scorch

Burn superficially

charBurn without destroying
searBurn the outside
singeBurn the surface

scald · blister · smolder · carbonize · cinder · parch · wither · consume · flame · engulf

passion

ardor

Intense emotional warmth

fervorIntense emotional intensity
zealIntense driving devotion
desireIntense wanting

longing · yearning · devotion · fire · flame · intensity · consume · inflame · kindle · heat

illumination

light

Visible electromagnetic radiation

glowSteady, soft light
shineEmit or reflect light
radianceGlowing luminous quality

beam · flicker · gleam · glimmer · candlelight · torchlight · lamplight · incandescence · flame · taper

biblical

sacrifice

Giving up something precious

altarSacred ritual table
incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
offeringSomething presented or given

consume · tabernacle · Leviticus · Exodus · holocaust · consecrate · anoint · purify · sanctify · smoke

Opposites

thermal state

burnethice

Water's solid form

frost · freezes · cools

fire process

burnethquenches

Satisfies or extinguishes

extinguishes · goes out

linguistic register

burnethburns

Heat-caused tissue damage

blazes · combusts

Phrases

burned outExhausted from overexertion
burned downDestroyed by fire
burned upDestroyed by fire
back burnerPostponed status
burned offEliminated by heat
on the back burnerLow priority, delayed

Family

burned, burner, burners, sunburned

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