4448. puroó
Strong's Lexicon
puroó: To burn, to set on fire, to inflame

Original Word: πυρόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: puroó
Pronunciation: poo-ro'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (poo-ro'-o)
Definition: To burn, to set on fire, to inflame
Meaning: pass: I burn, am set on fire, am inflamed; glow with heat, am purified by fire.

Word Origin: From the Greek word πῦρ (pyr), meaning "fire."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of burning or fire is אֵשׁ (esh), Strong's Hebrew 784, which is used throughout the Old Testament to describe literal fire, God's presence, and judgment.

Usage: The verb "puroó" is used in the New Testament to describe the process of being set on fire or inflamed. It can be used both literally, in the sense of burning with fire, and metaphorically, to describe intense emotions or passions, such as anger or lust. In a spiritual context, it can also refer to the refining or testing of one's faith through trials, akin to the purification process of metals by fire.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, fire was often associated with purification and transformation. The process of refining metals by fire was a common practice, symbolizing the removal of impurities. In the biblical context, fire is frequently used as a metaphor for God's judgment, purification, and the Holy Spirit's presence. The imagery of fire would have been familiar to early Christians, who understood it as both a destructive and purifying force.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from pur
Definition
to set on fire, i.e. to burn (pass.)
NASB Translation
burn (1), burning (1), flaming (1), intense concern (1), made to glow (1), refined (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4448: πυρόω

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 (); ()).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
burn, be on fire, try.

From pur; 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.

see GREEK pur

Forms and Transliterations
επυρώθησαν επύρωσας επύρωσάς επύρωσεν πεπυρωμενα πεπυρωμένα πεπυρωμενης πεπυρωμένης πεπυρωμένοι πεπυρωμενον πεπυρωμένον πεπυρωμένος πυρουμαι πυρούμαι πυροῦμαι πυρουμενοι πυρούμενοι πυρουσθαι πυρούσθαι πυροῦσθαι πυρούται πυρωθώσι πυρώσαι πύρωσον πυρώσω pepuromena pepurōmena pepuromenes pepurōmenēs pepuromenon pepurōmenon pepyromena pepyroména pepyrōmena pepyrōména pepyromenes pepyroménes pepyrōmenēs pepyrōménēs pepyromenon pepyroménon pepyrōmenon pepyrōménon puroumai puroumenoi purousthai pyroumai pyroûmai pyroumenoi pyroúmenoi pyrousthai pyroûsthai
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Corinthians 7:9 V-PNM/P
GRK: γαμῆσαι ἢ πυροῦσθαι
NAS: to marry than to burn [with passion].
KJV: to marry than to burn.
INT: to marry than to burn with passion

2 Corinthians 11:29 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: οὐκ ἐγὼ πυροῦμαι
NAS: without my intense concern?
KJV: and I burn not?
INT: not I do burn inwardly

Ephesians 6:16 V-RPM/P-ANP
GRK: πονηροῦ τὰ πεπυρωμένα σβέσαι
NAS: all the flaming arrows
KJV: all the fiery darts
INT: evil one flaming to quench

2 Peter 3:12 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: ἣν οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται καὶ
NAS: will be destroyed by burning, and the elements
KJV: the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
INT: which [the] heavens being on fire will be dissolved and

Revelation 1:15 V-RPM/P-GFS
GRK: ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης καὶ ἡ
NAS: when it has been made to glow in a furnace,
KJV: as if they burned in
INT: in a furnace [they] glowed and the

Revelation 3:18 V-RPM/P-ANS
GRK: ἐμοῦ χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρὸς
NAS: from Me gold refined by fire
KJV: me gold tried in the fire,
INT: me gold purified by fire

Strong's Greek 4448
6 Occurrences


πεπυρωμένα — 1 Occ.
πεπυρωμένης — 1 Occ.
πεπυρωμένον — 1 Occ.
πυροῦμαι — 1 Occ.
πυρούμενοι — 1 Occ.
πυροῦσθαι — 1 Occ.

















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