καίω (Vanicek, p. 98); passive, present καίομαι; perfect participle κεκαυμενος; 1 future καυθήσομαι (1Co_13:3 Tdf., where R G L Tr give the solecistic future subjunctive καυθήσωμαι, on which cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 720f; Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 e.; Buttmann, 35f (31)); (Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 40; WHs Appendix, p. 172; Tdf Proleg., p. 122. WH text, Lachmann's stereotypeed edition read καυχήσωμαι (with ΰ A B etc.); on this reading see WHs Appendix, ad loc.; A. W. Tyler in Bib. Sacr. for July 1873, p. 502f; cf. Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 629f; Tregelles, Printed Text etc., p. 191f; Tdf. ad loc.); the Sept. for αΔΜςΕψ, ωΘ�ψΗσ etc.; (from Homer down); 1. to set fire to, light: λύχνον, Mat_5:15; passive participle καιόμενος, burning, Luk_12:35; Rev_4:5; Rev_8:10; Rev_19:20; with πυρί added, Heb_12:18; Rev_8:8; Rev_21:8; in figurative discourse λύχνος καιόμενος, a light showing the right way, Joh_5:35 (a comparison pointed at the Jews, to whom John the Baptist had been as a torch lighted for a merry-making); metaphorically, ἡ καρδία ἦν καιομένη was glowing, burning, i. e. was greatly moved, Luk_24:32 (Winers Grammar, § 45, 5; Buttmann, § 144, 28). 2. to burn, consume with fire: passive, Joh_15:6; 1Co_13:3 (see above); with πυρί added (cf. igni cremare, Caesar b. g. 1, 4), Mat_13:40 G Tr for R L T WH κατακαίεται. (Compare: ἐκκαίω, κατακαίω.)

καίω kaiō 11x to cause to burn, kindle, light, Mat_5:15 ; pass. to be kindled, burn, flame, Luk_12:35 ; met. to be kindled into emotion, Luk_24:32 ; to consume with fire, Joh_15:6 ; 1Co_13:3 burn.

καίω , [in LXX for H1197 , H3344 , H8313 , etc.;] 1. to kindle, light: c . acc , λύχνον , Mat_5:15 ; pass ., to be lighted, to burn: ptcp ., Luk_12:35 , Rev_4:5 ; Rev_8:10 ; Rev_19:20 ; πυρί Heb_12:18 , Rev_8:8 ; Rev_21:8 ; metaph ., Luk_24:32 , Joh_5:35 . 2. to burn, destroy by fire: pass ., Joh_15:6 , 1Co_13:3 .†

καίω [page 316] P Oxy XII. 1453 .18 (B.C. 30 29) τὸ καθῆκον ἔλαιον εἰς τοὺς καθ᾽ ἡμέραν λύχνους καομένους ἐν τοῖς σημαινομένοις ἱεροῖς , the proper oil for the daily lamps burning in the temples signified (Edd.), P Tebt II. 273 .15 (medical prescription ii/iii A.D.) χαλκοῦ κεκαυμένου (δραχμὴ ) ᾱ , the magic P Lond 46 .154 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) ἐγώ εἰμι οὗ τὸ στόμα καίεται δι᾽ ὅλου , and PSI I. 28 .60 (iii/iv A.D. ?) καομένη πυρουμένη βασανιζομένη γοργονία . With the usage in Luk_24:32 we may compare the new erotic fragment P Grenf I. 1 i. 9 (ii/B.C.) συνοδηγὸν ἔχω τὸ πολὺ πῦρ τὸ ἐν τῆι ψυχῆι μου καιόμενον , and the citation from the same papyrus s.v. κατακαίω . On the possibility of explaining the different renderings in this Lukan passage as due to a single Syriac original in three stages of corruption cf. W. C. Allen in JTS ii. p. 299. For flexions (e.g. 2Pe_3:10 ) see Moulton Gr. ii. § 95. MGr καίω , καίγω , κάβω : for the metaphorical sense cf. καγμός , longing, desire, pain.

καίω "to light, kindle", πυρὰ πολλά Il. ; πῦρ κῆαι Od. ; Mid., πῦρ κήαντο "they lighted them" a fire, Hom. :—Pass. "to be lighted, to burn", Il. , Hdt. , etc. "to set on fire, burn up, burn", Hom. "to burn, scorch", of the sun, Hdt. :—also of extreme cold (as Virg. "penetrabile frigus adurit"), Xen. Pass., of fever-heat, "to be burnt or parched up", Thuc. : metaph. of passion, Pind. , etc. "to burn and destroy" (in war), τέμνειν καὶ κ., κ. καὶ πορθεῖν to waste "with fire" and sword, Xen. of surgeons, "to cauterise", τέμνειν καὶ κάειν to use knife and "cautery", Plat. , Xen.

καίω [in LXX for בָּעַר, יָקַד, שָׂרַף, etc. ;] __1. to kindle, light: with accusative, λύχνον, Mat.5:15; pass., to be lighted, to burn: ptcp., Luk.12:35, Rev.4:5 8:10 19:20; πυρί Heb.12:18, Rev.8:8 21:8; metaphorically, Luk.24:32, Jhn.5:35. __2. to burn, destroy by fire: pass., Jhn.15:6, 1Co.13:3.† (AS)