render unsensitive

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

toegeschroeid

I cauterize, sear

to brand

to brand ("cauterize"), i.e. (by implication) to render unsensitive (figuratively)

sear with a hot iron

καυστηριάζω (Rec. καυτηρ-, and so usually in Gk. writers, see Soph., Lex., see word) to mark by branding, brand (AV, scar, but see CGT, in l): metaphorically, pass. pf. ptcp., 1Ti.4:2 (cf. καυτήριον, 4Ma.15:22 *).† (AS)