Quick Definition
καῦσις, εως, ἡ n.f. a burning up
Strong's Definition
from 2545; burning (the act)
KJV Usage: be burned
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | καίω
14.63 · Physical Events and States · Burning
to burn, burning, to be on fire the process of burning In a number of languages important distinctions are made in the use of terms for burning. For example, the burning of a substance for light, as in the case of a lamp or candle, may be indicated by a term quite different from an expression indicating the destruction or burning up of something. Similarly, the burning of wood for cooking may require still another term. The extent or size of the fire involved may also require some distinctions in terms for burning.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καῦσις, -ews, 7, (καίω), burning, burning up: ἧς τὸ τέλος Kav00@ els καῦσιν, the fate of which land (appointed it by God) is, to be burned up (by fire and brimstone from heaven ; ef. Deut. xxix. 23), Heb. vi. 8; cf. Bleek ad loc. (Hadt., Plat., Isocr., Plut., al.; 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 בּער pi., etc.;]
burning: He 6:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καῦσις. P Lond 1166" (A.p. 42) (=III. p. 105) χωρὶς τοῦ παρασχέσθαι τοὺς ὁμολοῦντας (/. ὁμολογοῦντας) τὴν καῦσιν [ καθὼς mpoxeirat, 26. 117774 (A.D. 113) (=III. p. 183) κα[ύ]σεως λύχνων. Cf. from the inscrr. Chrest. I. 70% (B.C. 57-6) τάς τε θυσίας καὶ σπονδὰς Kal καύσεις λύχνων . ἐπιτελοῦντες, Maen 179 (ii/A.D.) τὰ ἐξ ἔθους καὶ ὡρισμένα ὑπὲρ τῆς καύσεως τῆς βαίτης (“bath”) δηνάρια , καυστηριάζω καυσμοῦ γόμο(ν) ἕκτον, and for the adj. καύσιμος cf. P Fay P- 325 Ostr 21° (A.D. 306) ἀχύρου kavolpou σάκ(κον) a, “a sack of chaff for fuel.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καῦσις (kausis) — burning. καῦσις, εως, ἡ, burning, [τῶν ἱρῶν] [LXX+5th c.BC+]
II. in Surgery, cautery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. in plural, burning heat, ψύξεις τε καὶ κ. [Refs]
IV. smelting, χαλκοῦ, ἀργύρου, [Refs 1st c.BC+]