Revelation 16:9:5Rev.16.9.W5TAB
καῦμα
kauma
“heat”
- Transliteration
- KAU-ma
- Extended
- KAHU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈkau.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- heat
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
KAU-ma
- sentence
KAI e-kau-ma-THEE-sthê-san hoi AN-thrô-poi KAU-ma ME-ga KAI e-blas-PHÊE-mê-san to O-no-ma tou the-OU tou E-khon-tos tên ek-sou-SI-an e-PI tas plê-GAS TAU-tas KAI ou me-te-NO-ê-san DOU-nai au-TÔ DO-ksan
Exegesis
The aorist passive verb ekaumatisthesan {ἐκαυματίσθησαν | ekaumatísthēsan} “were scorched” takes hoi anthropoi {οἱ ἄνθρωποι | hoí ánthrōpoi} as its subject, while the nominative phrase kauma mega {καῦμα μέγα | kaûma méga} stands in apposition, functioning semantically as the means or manner (“by great heat”).
Root and etymology
Rootkauma
“burning heat, scorching”
In context — Revelation 16:9
And the people were scorched by great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God , Who holds authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give Him glory.
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Revelation 16:9, so the Greek word καῦμα (kauma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.16.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.9.W5.S1) and character.