What does καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō) mean in the Bible?
καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō): To sear the conscience with guilt, rendering it insensitive to moral conviction; spiritual hardening through persistent sin.
Greek · G2743
καυτηριάζω
To brand
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καυτηριάζω G2743
Pronunciation kautēriázō
What does καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō) mean in the Bible?
καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō): To sear the conscience with guilt, rendering it insensitive to moral conviction; spiritual hardening through persistent sin.
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How does the BSB render G2743?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include are seared with a hot iron (1).
Where does καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 4:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It are seared with a hot iron 1× 1 Timothy 4:2
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First aligned row 1 Timothy 4:2
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
1 Timothy 1
Source forms
κεκαυστηριασμένων 1x kekaustēriasmenōn 1 Timothy 4:2
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 4:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To sear the conscience with guilt, rendering it insensitive to moral conviction; spiritual hardening through persistent sin.
Source Gloss
to brand
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To sear the conscience with guilt, rendering it insensitive to moral conviction; spiritual hardening through persistent sin.
to mark by branding, brand (AV, scar, but see CGT, in l): metaphorically, pass. pf. ptcp., 1Ti.4:2 (cf. καυτήριον, 4Ma.15:22 *).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 4:2 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
κεκαυτηριασμένων kekauthriasmenwn
I cauterize, sear
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
participle 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
καυτηριάζω is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain