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Koine Greek wordlink #163169

SR GNT Rev 16:8 καυματίσαι (kaumatisai) ‘and was given to him to scorch the people with’ Strongs=27390 Lemma=kaumatizō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form καυματίσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘καυματίσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to scorch’.

Rev 16:8 ‘and was given to him to scorch the people with’ SR GNT Rev 16:8 word 16

OET-LV: 8 And the fourth poured _out the bowl of _him on the sun, and was _given to _him to _scorch the people with fire. (REV_16:8)

OET-RV: 8 The fourth messenger poured out his bowl onto the sun and it was permitted to scorch people with fire. (REV 16:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kaumatizō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘to scorch’, ‘were scorched’, ‘it was scorched’.

Key: V=verb