Quick Definition
καυσόω v. I burn up
Strong's Definition
from 2740; to set on fire
KJV Usage: fervent heat
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καίω
14.63 · (καυσόομαι) · 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
καυσόω, -@: (kavoos); to burn up, set fire to; pres. ptep. pass. καυσούμενος, 2 Pet. iii. 10, 12, [A. V. with fervent heat]. (Elsewhere only [chiefly ; see Soph. Lex. s. v.] in Diose. and Galen: to suffer from feverish burning, be parched with fever.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καυσόω kausoō 2x
to be on fire, burn intensely, 2 Pet. 3:10, 12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† καυσόω, -ῶ
(< καῦσος, burning heat, fever),
only in pass., to burn with fever (Galen., al.).
In NT, to burn with great heat: II Pe 3:10, 12 (V. Mayor, in l.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καυσόω (kausoō) — to burn. καυσ-όω, heat, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, burn with intense heat, [NT]: generally, to be burnt, [Refs]
II. suffer from καῦσος (A) 1, [Refs 1st c.AD+]