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Strong's #2738 - καῦμα
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- of painful and burning heat
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καῦμα, ατος, τό, (καίω)
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1. burning heat, esp. of the sun, καύματος ἔξ after sun-heat, Il. 5.865, cf. Hes. Op. 415, 588, Alc. 39, S. Ant. 417, Epinic. 1.10, etc.; πρὶν ἂν τὸ κ. παρέλθῃ the heat of the day, Pl. Phdr. 242a, cf. Ti. 70d; ἐὰν ᾖ κ. Arist. Mete. 342b10: freq. in pl., ἡλίου τε καύμασιν S. OC 350, cf. Hdt. 3.104, X. Cyn. 5.9, etc.; [ τόποι] ὑπὸ καυμάτων διαφθειρόμενοι Isoc. 11.12; καύματα καὶ χειμῶνες Phld. Piet. 87: in pl., also of frost, Ath. 3.98b, Luc. Lex. 2.
2. fever heat, Th. 2.49; of inflamed conditions, Hp. VM 19, Aph. 7.13: metaph., of love, κ. ἀρσενικόν AP 12.87.
II in pl., holes burnt by cautery, Hp. Art. 11, Arist. Pr. 863a31.
III brand on cattle, IG 7.3171.44 (Orchom. Boeot.). embers of sacrifices, Pl. Criti. 12o d. firewood, PLond. 3.1166.6, al. (i A.D.).
καῦμα, καύματος, τό (καίω), heat: of painful and burning heat, Revelation 7:16; Revelation 16:9. (the Sept.; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
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P Lond 1166.6 (A.D. 42) (= III. p. 104) τὰ αὐτάρκη καύματα —adequate heat for the baths attached to a gymnasium, PSI II. 184.6 (A.D. 292) καύματος ἐνόντος. See also Kaibel 649.5 (Rome—iii/A.D.)—
οὐ χειμὼν λυπεῖ σ᾽, οὐ καῦμα, οὐ νοῦσος ἐνοχλεῖ.
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