maṣdarخُبُوٌّmuḍāriʿتَخْبُو
Core sense — the fire died down, it went outgenerated
1.1
maṣdar خُبُوٌّ and خَبْوٌ.
The fire died down; it subsided; it went out; its flaming or blazing ceased or was put out.
[The verb is used, in this sense, of Hell, in the Kur 17:99.]
Qur’ān 17:97 approximate — somewhere between 17:80 and 17:110 Lane cites “Kur xvii. 99”
Qur’ān 17:97 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَـٰهُمْ سَعِيرًاIt is he whom Allah guides, that is on true Guidance; but he whom He leaves astray - for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.1figurative · مجازthe war died down, it was appeased, it came to an end—خَبَتِ الحَرْبُ
the sharpness, or bad temper, of the she-camel was calmed—خَبَتْ حِدَّةُ النَّاقَةِ
the heat of his anger was calmed, or appeased—خَبَا لَهَبُهُ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
17:97
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَـٰهُمْ سَعِيرًاIt is he whom Allah guides, that is on true Guidance; but he whom He leaves astray - for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire.
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, aor. تَخْبُو , inf. n. خُبُوٌّ (JK, S, Msb, K) and خَبْوٌ , (K,) The fire became allayed; subsided; (K;) became extinguished; (S, K;) the flaming, or blazing, of the fire ceased, or became allayed or extinguished. (JK, Msb.) [The verb is used, in this sense, of Hell, in the Kur xvii. 99.] [Hence,] خَبَتِ الحَرْبُ The war became allayed, assuaged, or appeased; (JK, K, TA;) became extinguished. (K, TA.) And خَبَتْ حِدَّةُ النَّاقَةِ The sharpness, or irascibility, of the she-camel became allayed, assuaged, or appeased. (JK, K, * TA.) And خَبَا لَهَبُهُ The heat, or vehemence, of his anger became allayed, assuaged, or appeased. (TA.)