Scorching Scorch

Scorching Scorch

'''A — 1: καυματίζω (Strong'S #2739 — Verb — kaumatizo — kow-mat-id'-zo )

"to scorch" (from kauma, "heat"), is used (a) of seed that had not much earth,  Matthew 13:6;  Mark 4:6; (b) of men, stricken retributively by the sun's heat,  Revelation 16:8,9 .

'''B — 1: καύσων (Strong'S #2742 — Noun Masculine — kauson — kow'-sone )

"burning heat" (akin to kaio, "to burn"), is translated "scorching heat" in  Matthew 20:12 (Av, "heat");   Luke 12:55 (ditto); in   James 1:11 , Rv, "scorching wind" (Av, "burning heat"), here the reference is to a hot wind from the east (cp.  Job 1:19 ). See Heat. In the Sept.,   Job 27:21;  Jeremiah 18:17;  51:1;  Ezekiel 17:10;  19:12;  Hosea 12:1;  13:15;  Jonah 4:8 .