Strong's Lexicon
G4451 — πύρωσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4451 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πύρωσις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4448 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | purosis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | poo'-ro-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. ignition 2. (specially) smelting 3. (figuratively) conflagration, calamity as a test |
| KJV Renderings: | burning, trial |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πύρωσις, πυρώσεως, ἡ (πυρόω), a burning: Rev 18:9; Rev 18:18; the burning by which metals are roasted or reduced; by a figure drawn from the refiner’s fire (on which cf. Pro 27:21), calamities or trials that test character: 1Pe 4:12 (Tertullian adv. Gnost. 12 ne expavescatis ustionem, quae agitur in vobis in tentationem), cf. 1Pe 1:7 ((ἡ πύρωσις τῆς δοκιμασίας, ’Teaching etc. 16, 5 [ET])). (In the same and other senses by Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πύρωσις (burning)
1 Peter 4:12
- KJV: Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you
- GK: αγαπητοί μη ξενίζεσθε τη εν υμίν πυρώσει προς πειρασμόν υμίν γινομένη ως ξένου υμίν συμβαίνοντος
Revelation 18:9
- KJV: And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her shall bewail her and lament for her when they shall see the smoke of her burning
- GK: και κλαύσουσι αυτήν και κόψονται επ΄ αυτή οι βασιλείς της γης οι μετ΄ αυτής πορνεύσαντες και στρηνιάσαντες όταν βλέπωσι τον καπνόν της πυρώσεως αυτής
Revelation 18:18
- KJV: And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning saying What like unto this great city
- GK: και έκραζον βλέποντες τον καπνόν της πυρώσεως αυτής λέγοντες τις ομοία τη πόλει τη μεγάλη
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