Strong's Lexicon
G2741
G2741 — καυσόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2741 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καυσόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2740 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kausoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kau-soh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to set on fire |
| KJV Renderings: | fervent heat |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καυσόω, καύσω: (καῦσος); to burn up, set fire to; present participle passive καυσουμενος, 2Pe 3:10; 2Pe 3:12 (A. V. with fervent heat). (Elsewhere only (chiefly; see Sophocles Lexicon, under the word) in Dioscorides (?) and Galen: to suffer from feverish burning, be parched with fever.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καυσόω (fervent heat)
2 Peter 3:10
- KJV: But 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
- GK: ήξει δε η ημέρα κυρίου ως κλέπτης εν νυκτί εν η οι ουρανοί ροιζηδόν παρελεύσονται στοιχεία δε καυσούμενα λυθήσονται και γη και τα εν αυτή έργα κατακαήσεται
2 Peter 3:12
- KJV: Looking 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
- GK: προσδοκώντας και σπεύδοντας την παρουσίαν της του θεού ημέρας δι΄ ην ουρανοί πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται και στοιχεία καυσούμενα τακήσεται