G4448: πυρόω
pyróō · “to burn”
Definition
to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)
KJV translates it as: burn, fiery, be on fire, try
Word origin: from G4442 (πῦρ);
Extended definition
(πῦρ) [in LXX chiefly for צָרַף ;]
to set on fire, burn up. In NT always pass.,
1. to be set on fire, to burn: Eph.6:16, 2Pe.3:12; ptcp., glowing, Rev.1:15. Metaphorical, of grief or indignation, 2Co.11:29; of lust, 1Co.7:9.
2. Of metals (cf. Job.22:25, Psa.12:7, Zec.13:9), to be refined or purified by fire: Rev.3:18 (and so in RV, Rev.1:15, but see supr.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4448 is translated
- refined ×2
- to burn with passion. ×1
- do burn inwardly? ×1
- enflamed ×1
- being set on fire ×1
Bible verses with G4448 (pyróō)
Pyróō appears in 6 verses.
- 1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
- Ephesians 6:16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
- 2 Peter 3:12
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
- Revelation 1:15
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
- Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.