Luke 12:49

Greek	Πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆν,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη.
ESV	“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!
NIV	“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
NLT	“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!
KJV	I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

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