Strong G4442πῦρ
fire
- Transliteration
- pur
- Pronunciation
- poor
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
A primary word; fire (literally or figuratively specifically lightning): - fiery fire.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G4442 appears in 73 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fire72
- a1
- fiery1
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
- Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 13:40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
- Matthew 13:42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 13:50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 17:15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
- Matthew 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
- Matthew 18:9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Mark 9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
- Mark 9:43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Mark 9:44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Mark 9:46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
- Mark 9:48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πῦρ
(once πύυρ [?~X ¯ ?~X] by 'distraction', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 59 codices Hdn.Gr. (“Rh.Mus.” 35.101, 38.378)), τό, _genitive_ πῠρός)]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.521, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.7, etc.)]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry).; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.27; οἴσετε π. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.718; π. προσέφερον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.14)]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.597, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.501 (tmesis))]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 293, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21; as exclamation, πῦρ βοᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 208.)]
b π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.
2 funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.79, 22.342, compare 15.350, 23.76)]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86.)]
3 sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.220, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.341, 446; κατὰ τοῦ π. σπένδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120a; διὰ τοῦ π. ὀμνύναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.40.)]
4 hearthfire, πυρὸς ἐσχάραι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.418, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.59; ἕως ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ ἐφ᾽ ἑστίας ἐμῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1435; πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 47)]; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 9, etc.; deified, Πῦρ ἀθάνατον “SIG” 826 ii 14 (Delph., 2nd c.BC).)]
5 lightning, κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6; πῦρ πνέοντος κεραυνοῦ [prev. author] “fragment” 146; πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1044 (_anapaest meter_); πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 470 (_anapaest meter_); παλτῷ ῥιπτεῖ πυρί [prev. author] “Ant.” 131 (_anapaest meter_); θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής [prev. author] “Ph.” 728 (Lyric poetry).)]
5.b fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π., opposed to χειμών, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.50, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865b)]; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1146 (Lyric poetry))]; summer solstice, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 79, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “A.” 3.)]
6 flame of torches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 964 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 21, 282, 299.)]
7 fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.26.ή, +others)]; ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 690; τεταρταίῳ πυρί 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.17; π. ἄγριον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.20 (of erysipelas _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.134).)]
II phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.340)]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 569b, cf. Prov. cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.72 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἦν ἄρα πυρός γ᾽ ἕτερα θερμότερα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 382)]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 453, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 880a21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.61a)]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 780c; βασανίζειν χρυσὸν ἐν πυρί [prev. author] “R.” 413e, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.20.7)]: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.371; μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο 11.596, +others; Ἕκτωρ πυρὸς αἰνὸν ἔχει μένος 17.565, compare 6.182; so τὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ π. σχήσει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 232; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 177; οὐδὲν θηρίον γυναικὸς ἀμαχώτερον, οὐδὲ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1015; ἀναρχία κρείσσων πυρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 608; ἐχίδνης καὶ πυρὸς περαιτέρω [prev. author] “Andr.” 271)]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.16, compare “Oec.” 21.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 133)]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 487 (Lyric poetry); διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ματρί [prev. author] “El.” 1183 (Lyric poetry); σωθήσεται οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός NT.1Cor.3.15; εἰς π. ἅλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.9; κἂν εἰς π. ἐμβαῖεν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 314.3; π. διέρπειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 265)]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 927)]; of Hannibal, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21)]: metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 888)]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 27.5, compare 45.2)]. (Cf. Armenian hur, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] fyr 'fire', etc.)
(once πύυρ [?~X ¯ ?~X] by 'distraction', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 59 codices Hdn.Gr. (“Rh.Mus.” 35.101, 38.378)), τό, _genitive_ πῠρός)]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.521, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.7, etc.)]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry).; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.27; οἴσετε π. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.718; π. προσέφερον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.14)]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.597, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.501 (tmesis))]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 293, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21; as exclamation, πῦρ βοᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 208.)]
b π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.
2 funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.79, 22.342, compare 15.350, 23.76)]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86.)]
3 sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.220, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.341, 446; κατὰ τοῦ π. σπένδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120a; διὰ τοῦ π. ὀμνύναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.40.)]
4 hearthfire, πυρὸς ἐσχάραι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.418, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.59; ἕως ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ ἐφ᾽ ἑστίας ἐμῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1435; πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 47)]; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 9, etc.; deified, Πῦρ ἀθάνατον “SIG” 826 ii 14 (Delph., 2nd c.BC).)]
5 lightning, κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6; πῦρ πνέοντος κεραυνοῦ [prev. author] “fragment” 146; πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1044 (_anapaest meter_); πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 470 (_anapaest meter_); παλτῷ ῥιπτεῖ πυρί [prev. author] “Ant.” 131 (_anapaest meter_); θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής [prev. author] “Ph.” 728 (Lyric poetry).)]
5.b fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π., opposed to χειμών, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.50, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865b)]; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1146 (Lyric poetry))]; summer solstice, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 79, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “A.” 3.)]
6 flame of torches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 964 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 21, 282, 299.)]
7 fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.26.ή, +others)]; ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 690; τεταρταίῳ πυρί 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.17; π. ἄγριον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.20 (of erysipelas _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.134).)]
II phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.340)]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 569b, cf. Prov. cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.72 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἦν ἄρα πυρός γ᾽ ἕτερα θερμότερα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 382)]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 453, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 880a21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.61a)]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 780c; βασανίζειν χρυσὸν ἐν πυρί [prev. author] “R.” 413e, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.20.7)]: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.371; μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο 11.596, +others; Ἕκτωρ πυρὸς αἰνὸν ἔχει μένος 17.565, compare 6.182; so τὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ π. σχήσει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 232; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 177; οὐδὲν θηρίον γυναικὸς ἀμαχώτερον, οὐδὲ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1015; ἀναρχία κρείσσων πυρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 608; ἐχίδνης καὶ πυρὸς περαιτέρω [prev. author] “Andr.” 271)]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.16, compare “Oec.” 21.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 133)]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 487 (Lyric poetry); διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ματρί [prev. author] “El.” 1183 (Lyric poetry); σωθήσεται οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός NT.1Cor.3.15; εἰς π. ἅλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.9; κἂν εἰς π. ἐμβαῖεν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 314.3; π. διέρπειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 265)]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 927)]; of Hannibal, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21)]: metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 888)]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 27.5, compare 45.2)]. (Cf. Armenian hur, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] fyr 'fire', etc.)