STRONGS G2742:
													
												
									    		καύσων, 
καύσωνος, 
ὁ; 
1. burning heat of the sun: 
Matthew 20:12; 
Luke 12:55; 
James 1:11 (others refer all these passages to the next entry); (
Isaiah 49:10; (
Genesis 31:40 Alex.; cf. Judith 8:3); Sir. 18:16; 
Athen. 3, p. 73 b.). 
2. Eurus, a very dry, hot, east wind, scorching and drying up everything; for 
קָדִים, 
Job 27:21; 
Hosea 12:1; 
ἄνεμος καύσων, 
Jeremiah 18:17; 
Ezekiel 17:10; 
Hosea 13:15: 
πνευαμ καύσων, 
Jonah 4:8 (cf. 
Hosea 12:1); (on this wind cf. Schleusner, Thesaurus ad 
Sept. iii., p. 297; 
Winers RWB (also 
BB. DD.) under the word ). Many suppose it to be referred to in 
James 1:11; yet the evils there mentioned are ascribed not to the 
καύσων, but to the 
ἥλιος. 
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