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Lexicon :: Strong's G4446 - pyretos

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πυρετός
Transliteration
pyretos (Key)
Pronunciation
poo-ret-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
6x in 3 unique form(s) TR
6x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:956,981

Strong’s Definitions

πυρετός pyretós, poo-ret-os'; from G4445; inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever):—fever.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4446 in the following manner: fever (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4446 in the following manner: fever (6x).

  1. fiery heat

  2. fever

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πυρετός pyretós, poo-ret-os'; from G4445; inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever):—fever.
STRONGS G4446:
πυρετός, πυρετου, ὁ (πῦρ);
1. fiery heat (Homer, Iliad 22, 31 (but interpreters now give it the sense of 'fever' in this passage; cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word; Schmidt, Syn., chapter 60 § 14)).
2. fever: Matthew 8:15; Marki. 31; Luke 4:39; John 4:52; Acts 28:8, (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Plato, and following; Deuteronomy 28:22); πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ, Luke 4:38 (as Galen de diff. feb. 1, 1 says συνηθες τοῖς ἰατροῖς ὀνομάζειν... τόν μέγαν τέ καί μικρόν πυρετον; (cf. Wetstein on Luke, the passage cited)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:22
Matthew
8:15
Luke
4:38; 4:39
John
4:52
Acts
28:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4446 matches the Greek πυρετός (pyretos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:38 - And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:52 - So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[fn] the fever left him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:8 - It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him, healed him.
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