Lexical Definition

‎καυσόω‎ kausóō (kow-so'-o) to burn ^G:V
from ‎καῦσις‎

fervent heat.

• to set on fire

Abbott-Smith

*† καυσόω, -ῶ (< καῦσος, burning heat, fever), only in pass.,
1. to burn with fever (Galen., al.).
2. In NT, to burn with great heat: II Pe 3:10, 12 (V. Mayor, in l.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καυσόω-όω,

heat, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, burn with intense heat, [NT]: generally, to be burnt, [Refs]

__II suffer from καῦσος (A) 1, [καυσόωουμένη ἐπιφάνεια 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.134. ">Refs 1st c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Pet.3.10}