Therme refers to the heat from which a snake emerges beside a fire in Acts 28:3.

The attested use refers to heat associated with the fire in the scene where a snake comes out after brushwood is laid on it.

1. Heat associated with a fire · dominant

   In Acts 28:3, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the clause describing a snake coming out after Paul lays brushwood on the fire; the APB renders the scene, “a snake came out from the heat and fastened itself on his hand.”

   Acts 28:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 28:3, the APB presents the term within “a snake came out from the heat”; This identifies the clause's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.