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πῦρ

purfireHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter71 occurrences14 books69 verses

Definition

πῦρ genitive, πυρός, τό,

[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אֵשׁ ;]

fire: Mark 9:22, Luke 3:9, John 15:6, Acts 2:10, 1 Corinthians 3:13, James 3:5, Revelation 8:5, al; π. καὶ θεῖον, Luke 17:29; κατακαίειν (ἐν) π., Matthew 13:40, Revelation 17:16; 18:8; καίεσθαι πυρί, Hebrews 12:18, Revelation 8:8; 21:8; φλὸξ πυρός, Acts 7:30, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 1:7, Revelation 1:14; 2:18; 19:12; λαμπάδες πυρός, Revelation 4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Revelation 10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός, Romans 12:20 (LXX); γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, Acts 2:3; δοκιμάζειν (πυροῦσθαι) διὰ πυρός, 1 Peter 1:7, Revelation 3:18; ὡς διὰ. π. (Lft., Notes, 193), 1 Corinthians 3:15. Of the fire of hell (cf. Dalman, Words,161): Mark 9:48 (LXX); τὸ π. τὸ αἰώνιον, Matthew 18:8; 25:41 (cf. 4Ma.12.12); ἄσβεστον, Mark 9:43; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jude 7; γέεννα τοῦ π., Matthew 5:22; 18:9; κάμινος τοῦ π., Matthew 13:42, 50; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π., Revelation 19:20; 20:10, 14-15; πυρὶ τηρεῖσθαι, 2 Peter 3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν π., Revelation 14:10. Metaphorical: βαπτίζειν πυρί, Luke 3:16; of the tongue, James 3:5; of strife and discord, Luke 12:49; ἐκ π. ἁρπάζειν, Jude 23; πυρὶ αλίζεσθαι, Mark 9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, Hebrews 10:27; of God, π, καταναλίσκον, Hebrews 12:29 (LXX)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πῦρ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

71 total
  1. Matthew 3:10πῦρ · [the] fire
    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
  2. Matthew 3:11πυρί · with fire
    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  3. Matthew 3:12πυρὶ · fire
    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  4. Matthew 5:22πυρός · fire
    But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
  5. Matthew 7:19πῦρ · [the] fire
    Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
  6. Matthew 13:40πυρὶ · in the fire
    As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
  7. Matthew 13:42πυρός · fiery
    And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  8. Matthew 13:50πυρός · fiery
    …and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  9. Matthew 17:15πῦρ · fire
    “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
  10. Matthew 18:8πῦρ · fire
    If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
  11. Matthew 18:9πυρός · fire
    And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
  12. Matthew 25:41πῦρ · fire
    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  13. Mark 9:22πῦρ · [the] fire
    “It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
  14. Mark 9:43πῦρ · fire
    If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
  15. Mark 9:48πῦρ · fire
    …where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
  16. Mark 9:49πυρὶ · with fire
    For everyone will be salted with fire.
  17. Luke 3:9πῦρ · [the] fire
    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
  18. Luke 3:16πυρί · with fire
    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  19. Luke 3:17πυρὶ · fire
    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  20. Luke 9:54πῦρ · fire
    When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
  21. Luke 12:49Πῦρ · a fire
    I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
  22. Luke 17:29πῦρ · fire
    But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
  23. Luke 22:55πῦρ · a fire
    When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
  24. John 15:6πῦρ · fire
    If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
  25. Acts 2:3πυρός · flames of fire
    They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
  26. Acts 2:19πῦρ · fire
    I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
  27. Acts 7:30πυρὸς · of a burning
    After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
  28. Acts 28:5πῦρ · fire
    But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
  29. Romans 12:20πυρὸς · burning
    On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
  30. 1 Corinthians 3:13πυρὶ · fire; πῦρ · fire
    …his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
  31. 1 Corinthians 3:15πυρός · [the] flames
    If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
  32. 2 Thessalonians 1:8πυρὶ · fire
    …in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  33. Hebrews 1:7πυρὸς · of fire
    Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
  34. Hebrews 10:27πυρὸς · fire
    …but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
  35. Hebrews 11:34πυρός · fire
    …quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
  36. Hebrews 12:18πυρὶ · with fire
    For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
  37. Hebrews 12:29πῦρ · fire
    “For our God is a consuming fire.”
  38. James 3:5πῦρ · a spark
    In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
  39. James 3:6πῦρ · [is] a fire
    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  40. James 5:3πῦρ · fire
    Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
  41. 1 Peter 1:7πυρὸς · fire
    …so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  42. 2 Peter 3:7πυρὶ · for fire
    And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  43. Jude 1:7πυρὸς · fire
    In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
  44. Jude 1:23πυρὸς · [the] fire
    …save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
  45. Revelation 1:14πυρός · fire
    The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
  46. Revelation 2:18πυρός · fire
    To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
  47. Revelation 3:18πυρὸς · fire
    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  48. Revelation 4:5πυρὸς · of fire
    From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
  49. Revelation 8:5πυρὸς · fire
    Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.