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Lexicon :: Strong's G4446 - pyretos

Aa
πυρετός
Transliteration
pyretos (Key)
Pronunciation
poo-ret-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
6x in 3 unique form(s) TR
6x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:956,981

Strong’s Definitions

πυρετός pyretós, poo-ret-os'; from G4445; inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever):—fever.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4446 in the following manner: fever (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4446 in the following manner: fever (6x).

  1. fiery heat

  2. fever

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πυρετός pyretós, poo-ret-os'; from G4445; inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever):—fever.
STRONGS G4446:
πυρετός, πυρετου, ὁ (πῦρ);
1. fiery heat (Homer, Iliad 22, 31 (but interpreters now give it the sense of 'fever' in this passage; cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word; Schmidt, Syn., chapter 60 § 14)).
2. fever: Matthew 8:15; Marki. 31; Luke 4:39; John 4:52; Acts 28:8, (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Plato, and following; Deuteronomy 28:22); πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ, Luke 4:38 (as Galen de diff. feb. 1, 1 says συνηθες τοῖς ἰατροῖς ὀνομάζειν... τόν μέγαν τέ καί μικρόν πυρετον; (cf. Wetstein on Luke, the passage cited)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:22
Matthew
8:15
Luke
4:38; 4:39
John
4:52
Acts
28:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4446 matches the Greek πυρετός (pyretos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 - And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:38 - And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:39 - He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:52 - So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:8 - And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.
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