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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 6 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:9 - But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 - Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:16 - In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.[fn] That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:15 - His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:18 - I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
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