Lexical Definition

‎כָּוָה‎ kâvâh (kaw-vaw') to burn ^H:V
a primitive root

burn.

• properly, to prick or penetrate
• hence, to blister (as smarting or eating into)

1) to burn, scorch, brand
1a) (Niphal) to be burned, be scorched

See Greek: ἀποσκευάζω · κατακαίω · σβέννυμι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּוָה‎] verb burn, scorch, brand (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic especially Pa`el; Arabic cauterize) —

Niph`al Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּכָּוֶה‎ Isa 43:2 thou shalt not be scorched (figurative of Israel, || ‎בָּעַר‎); 3 feminine plural ‎וְרַגְלָיו לֹא תִּכָּוֶי֑נָה‎ Prov 6:28 shall a man walk on the coals and his feet not be burned ? (|| ‎שָׂרַף‎ of garments vProv 6:27).

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