Burning
καῦσιςStrong’s G2740kausis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kausis is the Greek word usually translated “burning”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”
Meaning
Usually translated “burning”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- burning 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
καῦσις kausis · burning
καῦσις, -εως, ἡ (καίω), [in LXX for בָּעַר pi., etc. ;] burning: Heb.6:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “burning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BURN'ING, participle present
tense Consuming with fire; flaming; scorching; hardening by fire; calcining; charring; raging as fire; glowing.
All definitions and other forms of “burning”
BURN'ING, noun
Combustion; the act of expelling volatile matter and reducing to ashes, or to a calx; a fire; inflammation; the heat or raging of passion. In surgery, actual cautery; cauterization.
BURN'ING, adjective
Powerful; vehement; as a burning shame; a burning scent.
- Much heated; very hot; scorching.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.