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Lexicon :: Strong's G4448 - pyroō

Aa
πυρόω
Transliteration
pyroō (Key)
Pronunciation
poo-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:948,975

Strong’s Definitions

πυρόω pyróō, poo-ro'-o; from G4442; to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust):—burn, fiery, be on fire, try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4448 in the following manner: burn (3x), fiery (1x), be on fire (1x), try (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4448 in the following manner: burn (3x), fiery (1x), be on fire (1x), try (1x).

  1. to burn with fire, to set on fire, kindle

    1. to be on fire, to burn

      1. to be incensed, indignant

    2. make to glow

      1. full of fire, fiery, ignited

        1. of darts filled with inflammable substances and set on fire

      2. melted by fire and purged of dross

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πυρόω pyróō, poo-ro'-o; from G4442; to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust):—burn, fiery, be on fire, try.
STRONGS G4448:
πυρόω: passive, present πυροῦμαι; perfect participle πεπυρωμένος; (πῦρ); from Aeschylus and Pindar down; to burn with fire, to set on fire, to kindle; in the N. T. it is used only in the passive:
a. to be on fire, to burn: properly, 2 Peter 3:12; tropically, of the heat of the passions: of grief, 2 Corinthians 11:29 (English Versions burn (often understood of indignation, but cf. Meyer); Winer's Grammar, 153 (145)); of anger, with τοῖς θυμοῖς added, equivalent to to be incensed, indignant, 2 Macc. 4:38 2Macc. 10:35 2Macc. 14:45; to be inflamed with sexual desire, 1 Corinthians 7:9.
b. perfect participle πεπυρωμένος, made to glow (R. V. refined): Revelation 1:15 ((cf. Buttmann, 80 (69) n.)); full of fire; fiery, ignited: τά βέλη... τά πεπυρωμένα darts filled with inflammable substances and set on fire, Ephesians 6:16 (Apollod. Bib. 2, 5, 2 § 3); melted by fire and purged of dross: χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρός, (refined by fire), Revelation 3:18 (so πυρόω in the Sept. for צָרַף; as τό ἀγρυριον, Job 22:25; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 11:7 (Ps. 12:7); Ps. 65:10 (Ps. 66:10)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
22:25
Psalms
11:7; 12:7; 65:10; 66:10
Zechariah
13:9
1 Corinthians
7:9
2 Corinthians
11:29
Ephesians
6:16
2 Peter
3:12
Revelation
1:15; 3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4448 matches the Greek πυρόω (pyroō),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 -
As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;
He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25 -
And the Almighty will be thy treasure,
And precious silver unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 -
The words of Jehovah are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth,
Purified seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 -
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 -
As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;
He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 -
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;
Try my heart and my mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 -
For thou, O God, hast proved us:
Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 -
Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of Jehovah tried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 -
Thy word is very pure;
Therefore thy servant loveth it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 -
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver:
The heart of the wicked is little worth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 -
Every word of God is tried:
He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - And some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
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