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Lexicon :: Strong's G4448 - pyroō

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πυρόω
Transliteration
pyroō (Key)
Pronunciation
poo-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:948,975

Strong’s Definitions

πυρόω pyróō, poo-ro'-o; from G4442; to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust):—burn, fiery, be on fire, try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4448 in the following manner: burn (3x), fiery (1x), be on fire (1x), try (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4448 in the following manner: burn (3x), fiery (1x), be on fire (1x), try (1x).

  1. to burn with fire, to set on fire, kindle

    1. to be on fire, to burn

      1. to be incensed, indignant

    2. make to glow

      1. full of fire, fiery, ignited

        1. of darts filled with inflammable substances and set on fire

      2. melted by fire and purged of dross

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πυρόω pyróō, poo-ro'-o; from G4442; to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust):—burn, fiery, be on fire, try.
STRONGS G4448:
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, 2 Peter 3:12; tropically, of the heat of the passions: of grief, 2 Corinthians 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, 2 Macc. 4:38 2Macc. 10:35 2Macc. 14:45; to be inflamed with sexual desire, 1 Corinthians 7:9.
b. perfect participle πεπυρωμένος, made to glow (R. V. refined): Revelation 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, Ephesians 6:16 (Apollod. Bib. 2, 5, 2 § 3); melted by fire and purged of dross: χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρός, (refined by fire), Revelation 3:18 (so πυρόω in the Sept. for צָרַף; as τό ἀγρυριον, Job 22:25; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 11:7 (Ps. 12:7); Ps. 65:10 (Ps. 66:10)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
22:25
Psalms
11:7; 12:7; 65:10; 66:10
Zechariah
13:9
1 Corinthians
7:9
2 Corinthians
11:29
Ephesians
6:16
2 Peter
3:12
Revelation
1:15; 3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4448 matches the Greek πυρόω (pyroō),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25 - So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - (LXX 16:3) Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - (LXX 17:31) As for my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - (LXX 25:2) Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - (LXX 65:10) For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - (LXX 104:19) until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - (LXX 118:140) Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee [fn]completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - (LXX 9:6) Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do thus because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - And some of them that understand shall fall, to try them as with fire, and to test them, and that they may be manifested at the time of the end, for the matter is yet for a set time.

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