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Heat (καύσωνα)
Rev., the scorching heat. The word is from καίω, to burn. It refers to the dry, scorching heat borne by the east wind. Compare Job 27:21; Hos 13:15. The wind blows from the Arabian desert, parching, dry, exciting the blood, and causing restlessness and sleeplessness. It seldom brings storms, but when it does, they are doubly destructive, During harvest the corn cannot be winnowed if the east wind blows, for it would carry away both chaff and corn. In Pharaoh's dream (Gen 41:6) the ears are blasted by it: Jonah's gourd is withered by it (Jon 4:8), and the vine in Ezekiel's parable of the Babylonian captivity is blighted by it (Eze 17:10).