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Strong's #2740 - καῦσις
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- burning, burning up
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καῦσις, εως, ἡ,
I burning, [ τῶν ἱρῶν ] Hdt. 2.40; λύχνοι τῆς κ. LXX Exodus 39:17 (37), cf. PLond. 3.1177.74 (ii A.D.).
II in Surgery, cautery, Hp. Mochl. 3; ἢ καύσει ἢ τομῇ Pl. R. 406d: in pl., Hp. Art. 11, Pl. R. 426b, Ti. 65b.
III in pl., burning heat, ψύξεις τε καὶ κ. Id. Tht. 156b. smelting, χαλκοῦ, ἀργύρου, Str. 14.6.5.
καῦσις, καύσεως, ἡ (καίω), burning, burning up: ἧς τό τέλος εἰς καῦσιν, the fate of which land (appointed it by God) is, to be burned up (by fire and brimstone from heaven cf. Deuteronomy 29:23), Hebrews 6:8; cf. Bleek at the passage (Herodotus, Plato, Isocrates, Plutarch, others; the Sept..)
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καῦσις , -εως , ἡ
(< καίω ),
[in LXX for H1197 pi., etc.;]
burning: Hebrews 6:8.†
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P Lond 1166.14 (A.D. 42) (= III. p. 105) χωρὶς τοῦ παρασχέσθαι τοὺς ὁμολοῦντας (l. ὁμολογοῦντας) τὴν καῦσιν καθὼς πρόκειται, ib. 1177.74 (A.D. 113) (=111. p. 183) κ ̣α [ύ ]σεως λύχνων. Cf. from the inscrr. Chrest. I. 70.10 (B.C. 57–6) τάς τε θυσίας καὶ σπονδὰς καὶ καύσεις λύχνων. . . ἐπιτελοῦντες, Magn179.11 (ii/A.D.) τὰ ἐξ ἔθους καὶ ὡρισμένα ὑπὲρ τῆς καύσεως τῆς βαίτης (";bath";) δηνάρια χ ̄. For καυσμός cf. Wilcken Ostr1014 (ii/iii A.D.) ἀχύρου καυσμοῦ γόμο (ν) ἕκατον, and for the adj. καύσιμος cf. P Fay p. 325 Ostr 21.3 (A.D. 306) ἀχύρου καυσίμου σάκ (κον) α ̄, ";a sack of chaff for fuel.";
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