Dictionary entry

καυστηριάζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† καυστηριάζω (Rec. καυτηρ-, and so usually in Gk. writers, v. Soph., Lex., s.v.),

to mark by branding, brand (AV, scar, but v. CGT, in l.): metaph., pass. pf. ptcp., I Ti 4:2 (cf. καυτήριον, IV Mac 15:22*).†