ἐκαυματίσθη [2 verses](verb 3rd sg aor ind pass) "They were scorched" is kaumatizô, which means "to burn," "to suffer from the heat," "to heat," and, in the passive, "to be heated," "to be burnt up."  - "They were scorched" is a verb that, in the passive, means "to be heated" or "to be burnt up."