Quick Definition
a burning up
Strong's Definition
burning (the act)
Derivation: from G2545 (καίω);
KJV Usage: be burned
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καῦσις, καύσεως, ἡ (καίω), burning, burning up: ἧς τό τέλος εἰς καῦσιν, the fate of which land (appointed it by God) is, to be burned up (by fire and brimstone from heaven cf. Deu_29:23), Heb_6:8; cf. Bleek at the passage (Herodotus, Plato, Isocrates, Plutarch, others; the Sept..)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καῦσις kausis 1x
burning, being burned, Heb_6:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καῦσις , -εως , ἡ
( < καίω ),
[in LXX for H1197 pi ., etc.;]
burning: Heb_6:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καῦσις [page 338]
P Lond 1166 .14 (A.D. 42) (= III. p. 105) χωρὶς τοῦ παρασχέσθαι τοὺς ὁμολοῦντας ( l. ὁμολογοῦντας ) τὴν καῦσιν καθὼς πρόκειται , ib. 1177 .74 (A.D. 113) (=111. p. 183) κ̣α [ύ ]σεως λύχνων . Cf. from the inscrr. Chrest. I. 70 .10 (B.C. 57 6) τάς τε θυσίας καὶ σπονδὰς καὶ καύσεις λύχνων . . . ἐπιτελοῦντες , Magn 179 .11 (ii/A.D.) τὰ ἐξ ἔθους καὶ ὡρισμένα ὑπὲρ τῆς καύσεως τῆς βαίτης ( bath ) δηνάρια χ̄ . For καυσμός cf. Wilcken Ostr 1014 (ii/iii A.D.) ἀχύρου καυσμοῦ γόμο (ν ) ἕκατον , and for the adj. καύσιμος cf. P Fay p. 325 Ostr 21 .3 (A.D. 306) ἀχύρου καυσίμου σάκ (κον ) ᾱ , a sack of chaff for fuel.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καῦσις καῦσις, εως [Etym: καίω] "a burning", Hdt. :—in surgery, "cautery", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
καῦσις, -εως, ἡ
(καίω), [in LXX for בָּעַר pi., etc. ;]
burning: Heb.6:8.†
(AS)