Strong's Lexicon
G4448 — πυρόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4448 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πυρόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4442 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | puroo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | poo-roh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to kindle 2. (passively) to be ignited, glow 3. (literally) be refined 4. (by implication or figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust) |
| KJV Renderings: | burn, fiery, be on fire, try |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυρόω: passive, present πυροῦμαι; perfect participle πεπυρωμένος; (πῦρ); from Aeschylus and Pindar down; to burn with fire, to set on fire, to kindle; in the N. T. it is used only in the passive:
a. to be on fire, to burn: properly, 2Pe 3:12; tropically, of the heat of the passions: of grief, 2Co 11:29 (English Versions burn (often understood of indignation, but cf. Meyer); Winer’s Grammar, 153 (145)); of anger, with τοῖς θυμοῖς added, equivalent to to be incensed, indignant, 2Ma 4:38 2Ma 10:35 2Ma 14:45; to be inflamed with sexual desire, 1Co 7:9.
b. perfect participle πεπυρωμένος, made to glow (R. V. refined): Rev 1:15 ((cf. Buttmann, 80 (69) n.)); full of fire; fiery, ignited: τά βέλη ... τά πεπυρωμένα darts filled with inflammable substances and set on fire, Eph 6:16 (Apollod. Bib. 2, 5, 2 § 3); melted by fire and purged of dross: χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρός, (refined by fire), Rev 3:18 (so πυρόω in the Sept. for öÈøÇó; as τό ἀγρυριον, Job 22:25; Zec 13:9; Psa 11:7 (); ()).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πυρόω (burn)
1 Corinthians 7:9
- KJV: But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn
- GK: ει δε ουκ εγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν κρείσσον γαρ εστι γαμήσαι η πυρούσθαι
2 Corinthians 11:29
- KJV: Who is weak and I am not weak who is offended and I burn not
- GK: τις ασθενεί και ουκ ασθενώ τις σκανδαλίζεται και ουκ εγώ πυρούμαι
Ephesians 6:16
- KJV: Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked
- GK: επί πάσιν αναλαβόντες τον θυρεόν της πίστεως εν ω δυνήσεσθε πάντα τα βέλη του πονηρού τα πεπυρωμένα σβέσαι
2 Peter 3:12
- KJV: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat
- GK: προσδοκώντας και σπεύδοντας την παρουσίαν της του θεού ημέρας δι΄ ην ουρανοί πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται και στοιχεία καυσούμενα τακήσεται
Revelation 1:15
- KJV: And his feet like unto fine brass as if they burned in a furnace and his voice as the sound of many waters
- GK: και οι πόδες αυτού όμοιοι χαλκολιβάνω ως εν καμίνω πεπυρωμένοι και η φωνή αυτού ως φωνή υδάτων πολλών
Revelation 3:18
- KJV: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mayest see
- GK: συμβουλεύω σοι αγοράσαι χρυσίον παρ΄ εμού πεπυρωμένον εκ πυρός ίνα πλουτήσης και ιμάτια λευκά ίνα περιβάλη και μη φανερωθή η αισχύνη της γυμνότητός σου και κουλλυριον εγχρισον επι τους οφθαλμούς σου ίνα βλέπης
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