Quick Definition
ἐκκαίομαι v. I burn with lust
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 2545; to inflame deeply
KJV Usage: burn
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καίω
25.16 · (ἐκκαίομαι) · Attitudes and Emotions · Desire Strongly
Collocation: ἐκκαίομαι ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει
to be inflamed with passion, to have a strong lust for, to be inflamed with lust (an idiom, literally: to burn with intense desire) to have a strong, intense desire for something In some languages the equivalent idiom is ‘to boil with desire,’ ‘to feel hot in the genitals,’ or ‘to prefer to die rather than to do.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκκαίω ekkaiō 1x
pass., to blaze out, to be inflamed, Rom. 1:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-καίω
[in LXX chiefly for בָּעַר ;]
to burn up.
to kindle. Pass., to burn: metaph., of the passions (cf. Si 16:6, Jb 3:17), Ro 1:27.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκκαίω (ekkaiō) — be enflamed. ἐκκαίω, Attic dialect ἐκκάω, future -καύσω: aorist I ἐξέκαυσα [Refs 5th c.BC+], but participle ἐκκέαντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—burn out, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐκκάεσθαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς to have one's eyes burnt out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. light up, kindle, τὰ πυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; provoke to anger, ἔκ με κάεις [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; inflame with curiosity, excite, τινά [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be kindled, burn up, τὸ πῦρ ἐκκάεται [LXX+5th c.BC+]
II.2. stimulate, τὴν βλάστησιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. scorch, ἐκκαίων ὁ ἥλιος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of thirst, parch, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]