- Original: כּוה - Transliteration: Kavah - Phonetic: kaw-vaw' - Definition: 1. to burn, scorch, brand a. (Niphal) to be burned, be scorched - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 961 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to prick or penetrate; hence to blister (as smarting or eating into): - burn. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • burned, 2 Proverbs 6:28; Isaiah 43:2