Strong's Concordance puroó: to set on fire, i.e. to burn (pass.) Original Word: πυρόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: puroó Phonetic Spelling: (poo-ro'-o) Short Definition: I burn, am purified by fire Definition: pass: I burn, am set on fire, am inflamed; glow with heat, am purified by fire. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4448: πυρόωπυρόω: 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 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 Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 44486 Occurrences πεπυρωμένα — 1 Occ. πεπυρωμένης — 1 Occ. πεπυρωμένον — 1 Occ. πυροῦμαι — 1 Occ. πυρούμενοι — 1 Occ. πυροῦσθαι — 1 Occ. 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 Ephesians 6:16 V-RPM/P-ANP 2 Peter 3:12 V-PPM/P-NMP Revelation 1:15 V-RPM/P-GFS Revelation 3:18 V-RPM/P-ANS |