Quick Definition
κατακαίω v. I burn up, consume entirely
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 2545; to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
KJV Usage: burn (up, utterly)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. κατακαύσω · aor.inf. κατακαῦσαι · aor.pass. κατεκάην · fut.pass. κατακαήσομαι, κατακαυθήσομαι | καίω
14.66 · Physical Events and States · Burning
to burn something down, to burn something up, to reduce to ashes to destroy something by burning See comments on terms for burning in 14.63 and 14.65.
MAT 3:12 · MAT 13:30 · LUK 3:17 · ACT 19:19 · 1CO 3:15 · HEB 13:11 · REV 8:7 · REV 8:7 · REV 8:7 · REV 17:16 · REV 18:8
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατακαίω katakaiō 12x
to burn up, consume with fire, Mt. 3:12; 13:30, 40
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-καίω,
[in LXX chiefly for שׂרף; in Ex 3:2 (אכל pu.), distinguished from καίω;]
to burn up, burn completely: c. acc. rei, Mt 13:30, Ac 19:19; pass., I Co 3:15, He 13:11, II Pe 3:10, Re 8:7; seq. πυρί, Mt 3:12 13:40, Lk 3:17 (cf. Ex 29:14, al.); ἐν πυρί (De 9:21, al.): Re 17:16 18:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατακαίω. This verb is found ¢ey in the Calendar of B.c. 301-240, P Ilib I. 2773.79.87, with reference to the parching power of a strong south wind—ra ἐκ τῆς γῆς κατακάει; cf. adurz in Pliny xvii. 24. 37. ὃ 216 of trees being ‘‘blasted’’ fervore aut flatu frigidiore. See also P Amh II. 30% (ii/B.c.) ἠναγκάσθην... ἐνέγκαι τὰς συνγραφὰς kal ταύτας κατακαῦσαι, BGU IV. 12017 (A.D. 2) εὕροσαν ἀπὸ μέρους τὰς θύρας κατακεκαυμέν[ας, and for the metaphorical usage, like the simplex in Lk 2455, the new erotic fragment, P Grenf I. 178 (ii/B.c.) μέλλω μαίνεσθαι, ζῆλος γάρ pe ἔχει Kal κατακάομαι καταλελειμμένη.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατακαίω (katakaiō) — to burn. κατακαίω, Attic dialect κατακάω [ᾱ], Epic dialect infinitive κατακαιέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future -καύσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist κατέκαυσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κατέκηε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural subjunctive κατακήομεν (variant{-κείομεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive κατακῆαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect -κέκαυκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -καυθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], -καήσομαι [NT]aorist κατεκαύθην (the Attic dialect form) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Laconian dialect infinitive -καῆμεν[Refs 1st c.AD+]; -εκαύσθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect -κέκαυμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—burn completely, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] of sacrifices and dead bodies, κατακήομεν αὐτούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τοὺς μάντιας burn them alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cities and houses, etc., κατὰ μὲν ἔκαυσαν.. πόλιν [Refs]; [οἰκίη] κατεκάη [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; γῆ κατακεκαυμένη burnt earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Κατακεκαυμένη, name of the upper valley of the Hermus, in Lydia, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the fingers, to be burnt with hot food, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. of hot winds, parch, τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, ὁ ἔρως ἐμέ.. κατακέκαυκεν [Refs] (c):—passive, τὰ στόματα -κάεται ἐπὶ τέχνην [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. passive, of fire, κατὰ πῦρ ἐκάη had burnt down, burnt out, [Refs 8th c.BC+]