verb
kausomō
Strong’sG2741
I burn up
stem kaus-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† καυσόω, -ῶ
(< καῦσος, burning heat, fever),
only in pass.,G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2741 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkow-so'-o
to set on fire
Fromfrom G2740;
King Jamesfervent heat.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kausorōnteimκαυσούμενα | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle direct plural neuter | fire | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kausomō | kausome | kausomē | kausomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kausosō | kausose | kausosē | kausoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kausotō | kausote | kausotē | kausotelē |
| we 1st person plural | kausonō | kausone | kausonē | kausonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kausovō | kausove | kausovē | kausovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kausolō | kausole | kausolē | kausolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kausomeiō | kausomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kausoseiō | kausoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kausoteiō | kausoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | kausoneiō | kausoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kausoveiō | kausoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kausoleiō | kausoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kausosōr | kausosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kausotōr | kausotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kausovōr | kausovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kausolōr | kausolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kausomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | kausosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kausotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | kausonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | kausovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | kausoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | kausorō | kausorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | kausorōntos2× | kausorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kaus is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
kausorōnteim“fire”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle direct plural neuter2×
2 Peter 3:10… tois ouranois roizēdon parercheli, stoicheieim de kausorōnteim luiti, kai gēas kai teim en …… the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works …
2 Peter 3:12… han ouranois purorōntois luili kai stoicheieim kausorōnteim tēkotō;… the elements will melt in the heat.