Strong G2742καύσων

heat

Transliteration
kausōn
Pronunciation
kow'-sone
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G2741; a glare: - (burning) heat.

Detailed definition

καύσων, -ωνος, ὁ
(καίω), [in LXX: Gen.31:40 א (חֹרֶב), Isa.49:10 (שָׁרָב), Job.27:21, Hos.12:1, (2), Hos.13:15, Jon.4.8, Jer.18:17, Eze.17:10 19:12 (קָדִים); Jer.51:1, From Theodotion Dan.3:67) Jdth.8:3, Sir.18:16 34:16 43:22 *;]
1. burning heat (Ge, Isa (?), Jth, ll.with, Sir.18:16): Mat.20:12, Luk.12:55 (Jas.1:11, AV).

2. a hot wind from the east (Heb. קָדִים, see LXX, ll.with), the modern sirocco (see CGT on Amo.4:9): Jas.1:11 (RV, the scorching wind; cf. R, mg., the hot wind, Mt, Lk, ll.with).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2742 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • heat3

First verses

  1. Matthew 20:12
    Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
  2. Luke 12:55
    And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
  3. James 1:11
    For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καύσ-ων, ωνος, ὁ,
burning heat, summer heat, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (NT.Matt.20.12, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 264, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 25; καύσωνος ὥρᾳ 3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.73a)]; ἄνεμος καύσων sirocco, [LXX (LXX.Jer.18.17, +others)]; κ. alone,[LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.8.3, NT.Jam.1.11, 1st c.AD: Athenaeus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 1.2.13, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 85.)]
2 κ. στομάχου heartburn, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.22.)]
3 κ. πυρετός, ={καῦσος} (A) 1, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus “de febribus” 2.)]
II ={διψάς}[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (11, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 6.51, 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 20.1.)]