Strong G2741καυσόω
to burn
- Transliteration
- kausoō
- Pronunciation
- kow-so'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2740; to set on fire: - with fervent heat.
Detailed definition
καυσόω, -ῶ
(καῦσος, burning heat, fever),
only in pass.,
1. to burn with fever (Galen., al.).
2. In NT, to burn with great heat: 2Pe.3:10 3:12 (V. Mayor, in l).†
(AS)
(καῦσος, burning heat, fever),
only in pass.,
1. to burn with fever (Galen., al.).
2. In NT, to burn with great heat: 2Pe.3:10 3:12 (V. Mayor, in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2741 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heat2
First verses
- 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
- 2 Peter 3:12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καυσ-όω,
heat, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 18)]:—passive, burn with intense heat, [NT (NT.2Pet.3.10, 12)]: generally, to be burnt, [Refs (PHolm. 25.27.)]
II suffer from καῦσος (A) 1, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 9.13.1, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.720; καυσουμένη ἐπιφάνεια 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.134.)]
heat, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 18)]:—passive, burn with intense heat, [NT (NT.2Pet.3.10, 12)]: generally, to be burnt, [Refs (PHolm. 25.27.)]
II suffer from καῦσος (A) 1, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 9.13.1, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.720; καυσουμένη ἐπιφάνεια 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.134.)]