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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 Box 2Sa 22:31

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“As for God, His way is [fn]blameless;

The word of Yahweh is [fn]tried;

He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

Now it happened on the third day, that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s house in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [fn]throne room, opposite the entrance to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25 -

Then [fn]the Almighty will be your [fn]gold

And choice silver to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 -

The words of Yahweh are pure words;

As silver tried in a furnace on the ground, refined seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 -

You have tested my heart;

You have visited me by night;

You have tried me and You find [fn]nothing;

I have purposed that my mouth will not [fn]transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 -

As for God, His way is [fn]blameless;

The word of Yahweh is [fn]tried;

He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 -

Test me, O Yahweh, and try me;

Refine my [fn]mind and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 -

For You have tested us, O God;

You have refined us as silver is refined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 -

Until the time that his word came to pass,

The word of Yahweh refined him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:140

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 -

Your [fn]word is exceedingly refined,

Therefore Your slave loves it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 -

The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,

The heart of the wicked is worth little.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 -

Every word of God is [fn]tested;

He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:25

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“I will also turn My hand against you,

And will smelt away your dross as with lye

And will remove all your alloy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 -

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Behold, I will refine them and test them;

For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - “And some of [fn]those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them [fn]pure until the time of the end, because it is still to come at the appointed time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - “Many will be purged, [fn]purified, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but [fn]those who have insight will understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:9

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“And I will bring the third part through the fire

And refine them as silver is refined

And test them as gold is tested.

[fn]They will call on My name,

And I will answer them;

I will say, ‘They are My people,’

And they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

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