καύσων

καύσων, -ωνος, ὁ

(καίω), [in LXX: Gen.31:40 א (חֹרֶב), Isa.49:10 (שָׁרָב), Job.27:21, Hos.12:1, (2), Hos.13:15, Jon.4.8, Jer.18:17, Eze.17:10 19:12 (קָדִים); Jer.51:1, From Theodotion Dan.3:67) Jdth.8:3, Sir.18:16 34:16 43:22 * ;]

1. burning heat (Ge, Isa (?), Jth, ll.with, Sir.18:16): Mat.20:12, Luk.12:55 (Jas.1:11, AV).

2. a hot wind from the east (Heb. קָדִים, see LXX, ll.with), the modern sirocco (see CGT on Amo.4:9): Jas.1:11 (RV, the scorching wind; cf. R, mg., the hot wind, Mt, Lk, ll.with).†

(AS)