Strong G4451πύρωσις
burning
- Transliteration
- purōsis
- Pronunciation
- poo'-ro-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4448; ignition that is (specifically) smelting (figuratively conflagration calamity as a test): - burning trial.
Detailed definition
πύρωσις, -εως, ἡ
(πυρόω), [in LXX: Pro.27:21 (כּוּר), Amo.4:9 (שְׁדֵפָה) *;]
1. a burning: Rev.18:9, 18.
2. a refining or trial by fire: metaphorically, 1Pe.4:12.†
(AS)
(πυρόω), [in LXX: Pro.27:21 (כּוּר), Amo.4:9 (שְׁדֵפָה) *;]
1. a burning: Rev.18:9, 18.
2. a refining or trial by fire: metaphorically, 1Pe.4:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4451 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- burn2
- trial1
First verses
- 1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
- Revelation 18:18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πῠρ-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
firing, burning, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.9.1.)]
2 exposure to the action of fire, as in cooking, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 928a24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.2, “Lap.” 4, +others)]; ἡ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ π. boiling, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 380b28)]; μαλακὴ π. Mnesith. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.357d.)]
3 proving by fire, [LXX+NT+5th c.AD+ (LXX.Pro.27.21, NT.1Pet.4.12, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
4 cautery, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.23.42.)]
5 destruction by fire, γῆν πυρώσει ἀφανίζων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.11.4.)]
II flame, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 369b6.)]
III metaphorically, burning desire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 975.)]
IV fever, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.240)]: plural, feverish states, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 27.)]
IV.2 inflammation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 60; στομάχου 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.124.)]
firing, burning, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.9.1.)]
2 exposure to the action of fire, as in cooking, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 928a24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.2, “Lap.” 4, +others)]; ἡ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ π. boiling, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 380b28)]; μαλακὴ π. Mnesith. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.357d.)]
3 proving by fire, [LXX+NT+5th c.AD+ (LXX.Pro.27.21, NT.1Pet.4.12, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
4 cautery, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.23.42.)]
5 destruction by fire, γῆν πυρώσει ἀφανίζων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.11.4.)]
II flame, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 369b6.)]
III metaphorically, burning desire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 975.)]
IV fever, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.240)]: plural, feverish states, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 27.)]
IV.2 inflammation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 60; στομάχου 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.124.)]