Strong G4443πυρά
fire
- Transliteration
- pura
- Pronunciation
- poo-rah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4442; a fire (concretely): - fire.
Detailed definition
πυρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(πῦρ) [in LXX: Jdth.7:5, Wis.17:6, al.;]
a fire: Act.28:2-3.†
(AS)
(πῦρ) [in LXX: Jdth.7:5, Wis.17:6, al.;]
a fire: Act.28:2-3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4443 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fire2
First verses
- Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
- Acts 28:3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πῠρά, ᾶς,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ, (πῦρ) funeral-pyre, πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.52, etc.; πυρῆς ἐπιβάντ᾽ ἀλεγεινῆς 4.99, etc.; ἐν δὲ πυρῇ ὑπάτῃ νεκρὸν θέσαν 23.165, 24.787, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.24, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1254, etc.; ποίησαν δὲ πυρὴν ἑκατόμπεδον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.164)]; πυρὴν νῆσαι, συννῆσαι, to raise one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, 86; πυρῆς ἁμμένης [prev. passage]; τινὰ πυρᾷ κέαντες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 757; σκῦλα πρὸς πυρὰν ἐμὴν κόμιζε [prev. author] “Ph.” 1432; ἐπὶ τῇ π. κείμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614b; αἱ τῶν ζωγρηθέντων σφαγαὶ εἰς τὴν π. [prev. work] 391b.)]
b mound raised on the place of the pyre, tumulus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).63, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 901, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 386, “IT” 26.)]
2 altar for burnt sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.167, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1258 (troch.); ἑρκεῖος π. [prev. author] “Tr.” 483)]; fire burning thereon, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.39.)]
3 burning mass,[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 107, 1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus 2.13)]; λαμπάδων π. a mass of burning torches, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.36.)]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ, (πῦρ) funeral-pyre, πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.52, etc.; πυρῆς ἐπιβάντ᾽ ἀλεγεινῆς 4.99, etc.; ἐν δὲ πυρῇ ὑπάτῃ νεκρὸν θέσαν 23.165, 24.787, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.24, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1254, etc.; ποίησαν δὲ πυρὴν ἑκατόμπεδον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.164)]; πυρὴν νῆσαι, συννῆσαι, to raise one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, 86; πυρῆς ἁμμένης [prev. passage]; τινὰ πυρᾷ κέαντες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 757; σκῦλα πρὸς πυρὰν ἐμὴν κόμιζε [prev. author] “Ph.” 1432; ἐπὶ τῇ π. κείμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614b; αἱ τῶν ζωγρηθέντων σφαγαὶ εἰς τὴν π. [prev. work] 391b.)]
b mound raised on the place of the pyre, tumulus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).63, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 901, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 386, “IT” 26.)]
2 altar for burnt sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.167, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1258 (troch.); ἑρκεῖος π. [prev. author] “Tr.” 483)]; fire burning thereon, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.39.)]
3 burning mass,[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 107, 1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus 2.13)]; λαμπάδων π. a mass of burning torches, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.36.)]