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Heat

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: καύσων

(Strong's #2742 — Noun Masculine — kauson — kow'-sone )

denotes "a burning heat" (from kaio, "to burn;" cp. Eng., "caustic," "cauterize"), Matthew 20:12; Luke 12:55 (AV, "heat"), RV, in each place, "scorching heat" (marg. "hot wind"); in James 1:11 , "a burning heat," AV, RV, "the scorching wind" like the sirocco. Cp. Amos 4:9 , where the Sept. has purosis, "burning" (pur, "fire"). See BURNING.

A — 2: καῦμα

(Strong's #2738 — Noun Neuter — kauma — kow'-mah )

"heat" (akin to No. 1), signifies "the result of burning," or "the heat produced," Revelation 7:16; 16:9; cp. kaumatizo, "to scorch," kausis, "burning," kauteriazomai, "to brand, sear."

A — 3: θέρμη

(Strong's #2329 — Noun Feminine — therme — ther'-may )

denotes "warmth, heat," Acts 28:3 (Eng., "thermal," etc.).

B — 1: καυσόω

(Strong's #2741 — Verb — kausoo — kow-so'-o )

was used as a medical term, of "a fever;" in the NT, "to burn with great heat" (akin to A, No. 1), said of the future destruction of the natural elements, 2 Peter 3:10,12 , "with fervent heat," Passive Voice, lit., "being burned."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Heat'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/heat.html. 1940.
 
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