Strong G4445πυρέσσω

be feverish

Transliteration
puressō
Pronunciation
poo-res'-so
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4443; to be on fire that is (specifically) to have a fever: - be sick of a fever.

Detailed definition

πυρέσσω
(πῦρ)
to be ill of a fever: Mat.8:14, Mrk.1:3.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4445 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fever2

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:14
    And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
  2. Mark 1:30
    But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πῠρέσσω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 228)]; Attic dialect πυρέττω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 813, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 178c)]: future πυρέξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.2)]: aorist ἐπύρεξα [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prog.” 16, “Epid.” 3.17.ά, 4.26, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 228a28)]: perfect πεπύρεχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 901b10, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.15)]:—passive, perfect πεπύρεγμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.447)]: (πυρετός):—to be feverish, fall ill of a fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.28, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 813, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.115, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 4.30, 4th c.AD: Sallustius Philosophus 9.)]