fire

Greek Noun Neuter

πῦρ genitive, πυρός, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אֵשׁ;] fire: Mrk.9:22, Luk.3:9, Jhn.15:6, Act.2:10, 1Co.3:13, Jas.3:5, Rev.8:5, al; π. καὶ θεῖον, Luk.17:29; κατακαίειν (ἐν) π, Mat.13:40, Rev.17:16 18:8; καίεσθαι πυρί, Heb.12:18, Rev.8:8 21:8; φλὸξ πυρός, Act.7:30, 2Th.1:8, Heb.1:7, Rev.1:14 2:18 19:12; λαμπάδες πυρός, Rev.4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Rev.10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός, Rom.12:20 (LXX); γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, Act.2:3; δοκιμάζειν (πυροῦσθαι) διὰ πυρός, 1Pe.1:7, Rev.3:18; ὡς διὰ. π. (Lft, Notes, 193), 1Co.3:15. Of the fire of hell (cf. Dalman, Words,161): Mrk.9:48 (LXX); τὸ π. τὸ αἰώνιον, Mat.18:8 25:41 (cf. 4Ma.12:12); ἄσβεστον, Mrk.9:43; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Ju 7; γέεννα τοῦ π, Mat.5:22 18:9; κάμινος τοῦ π, Mat.13:42, 50; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π, Rev.19:20 20:10, 14-15; πυρὶ τηρεῖσθαι, 2Pe.3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν π, Rev.14:10. Metaphorical: βαπτίζειν πυρί, Luk.3:16; of the tongue, Jas.3:5; of strife and discord, Luk.12:49; ἐκ π. ἁρπάζειν, Ju 23; πυρὶ αλίζεσθαι, Mrk.9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, Heb.10:27; of God, π, καταναλίσκον, Heb.12:29 (LXX) (AS)

fire

Greek Noun Neuter

πῦρ (once πύυρ [?~X ¯?~X] by 'distraction', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry); π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b) π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}. 2) funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) hearthfire, πυρὸς ἐσχάραι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 5) lightning, κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5.b) fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π, opposed to χειμών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; summer solstice, [Refs 7th c.BC+] 6) flame of torches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 7) fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ. [Refs]; of Hannibal, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Armenian hur, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] fyr 'fire', etc.)

Greek

Noun Neuter

"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning); fiery, fire; a primary word