- Original: σβέννυμι - Transliteration: Sbennumi - Phonetic: sben'-noo-mee - Definition: 1. to extinguish, quench a. of fire or things on fire 1. to be quenched, to go out b. metaph. to quench, to suppress, stifle 1. of divine influence - Origin: a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb - TDNT entry: 09:45,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; to extinguish (literally or figuratively): - go out quench. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • quench, 3 Mat 12:20; Eph 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:19 • Quenched, 1 Hebrews 11:34