πῦρ, genitive πυρός, τό (probably from Sanskritpu, 'to purify' (cf. German fever); Vanicek, p. 541; Curtius, § 385), from Homer down; Hebrew ΰΕωΡ; fire: Mat_3:10; Mat_3:12; Mat_7:19; Mat_17:15; Mar_9:22; Luk_3:9; Luk_3:17; Luk_9:54; Joh_15:6; Act_2:19; Act_28:5; 1Co_3:13; Heb_11:34; Jas_3:5; Jas_5:3; Rev_8:5; Rev_8:7; Rev_9:17-18; Rev_11:5; Rev_13:13; Rev_14:18; Rev_15:2; Rev_16:8; Rev_20:9; ά῾πτειν πῦρ, to kindle a fire, Luk_22:55 (T Tr text WH περιαψάντων); ἔβρεξε πῦρ καί θεῖον, Luk_17:29; κατακαίειν τί ἐν (T omits; WH brackets ἐν) πυρί, Rev_17:16; Rev_18:8; καίομαι πυρί, Mat_13:40 (R L T WH κατακαίεται); Heb_12:18 (Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7 d.); Rev_8:8; Rev_21:8; φλόξ πυρός, a fiery flame or flame of fire, Act_7:30; 2Th_1:8 L text Tr text; Heb_1:7; Rev_1:14; Rev_2:18; Rev_19:12 (Exo_3:2, the Alex. manuscript; Isa_29:6); πῦρ φλογός, a flaming fire or fire of flame, 2Th_1:8 R G L marginal reading T Tr marginal reading WH (Exo_3:2, the Vaticanus manuscript; Sir_45:19); λαμπάδες πυρός, lamps of fire, Rev_4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Rev_10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός coals of fire, Rom_12:20 (see ἄνθραξ); γλῶσσαι ὡσεί πυρός, which had the shape of little flames, Act_2:3; δοκιμάζειν διά πυρός, 1Pe_1:7; πυροῦσθαι (see πυρόω, b.) ἐκ πυρός, Rev_3:18; ὡς διά πυρός, as one who in a conflagration has escaped through the fire not uninjured, i. e. dropping the figure, not without damage, 1Co_3:15; ξΕΰΕωΡ ξΛφΘΜμ, Zec_3:2, cf. Amo_4:11. of the fire of hell we find the following expressions which are to be taken either tropically (of the extreme penal torments which the wicked are to undergo after their life on earth; so in the discourses of Jesus), or literally (so apparently in the Apocalypse): τό πῦρ, Mar_9:44; Mar_9:46,(T WH omit; Tr brackets both verses),48; τό πῦρ τό αἰώνιον, Mat_18:8; Mat_25:41, cf. 4Ma_12:12; ἄσβεστον, Mar_9:43; Mar_9:45 (G T Tr WH omit; L brackets the clause); πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jud_1:7; γηννα τοῦ πυρός, Mat_5:22; Mat_18:9; Mar_9:47 (R G Tr brackets); κάμινος τοῦ πυρός, Mat_13:42; Mat_13:50 (Dan_3:6); ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρός, Rev_19:20; Rev_20:10; Rev_20:14-15; πυρί τηρεῖσθαι, 2Pe_3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν πυρί, Rev_14:10 (cf. Luk_16:24); βαπτίζειν τινα πυρί (see βαπτίζω, II. b. bb.), Mat_3:11; Luk_3:16. the tongue is called πῦρ, as though both itself on fire and setting other things on fire, partly by reason of the fiery spirit which governs it, partly by reason of the destructive power it exercises, Jas_3:6; since fire disorganizes and sunders things joined together and compact, it is used to symbolize dissension, Luk_12:49. Metaphorical expressions: ἐκ πυρός ἁρπάζειν, to snatch from danger of destruction, Jud_1:23; πυρί ἁλίζεσθαι (see ἁλίζω), Mar_9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, fiery, burning anger (see ζῆλος, 1), Heb_10:27 (πῦρ ζήλου, Zep_1:18; Zep_3:8); God is called πῦρ καταναλίσκον, as one who when angry visits the obdurate with penal destruction, Heb_12:29.

πῦρ pyr 71x fire, Mat_3:10 ; Mat_7:19 ; Mat_13:40 , et al. freq.; πυρός , used by Hebraism with the force of an adjective, fiery, fierc e, Heb_10:27 ; fire used figuratively to express various circumstances of severe trial, Luk_12:49 ; 1Co_3:13 ; Jud_1:23 fire.

πῦρ , gen ., πυρός , τό , [in LXX chiefly and very freq . for H784 ;] fire: Mar_9:22 , Luk_3:9 , Joh_15:6 , Act_2:10 , 1Co_3:13 , Jas_3:5 , Rev_8:5 , al ; Papyri καὶ θεῖον , Luk_17:29 ; κατακαίειν (ἐν ) Papyri, Mat_13:40 , Rev_17:16 ; Rev_18:8 ; καίεσθαι πυρί , Heb_12:18 , Rev_8:8 ; Rev_21:8 ; φλὸξ πυρός , Act_7:30 , 2Th_1:8 , Heb_1:7 , Rev_1:14 ; Rev_2:18 ; Rev_19:12 ; λαμπάδες πυρός , Rev_4:5 ; στῦλοι πυρός , Rev_10:1 ; ἄνθρακες πυρός ,, Rom_12:20 ( LXX ); γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός , Act_2:3 ; δοκιμάζειν (πυροῦσθαι ) διὰ πυρός , 1Pe_1:7 , Rev_3:18 ; ὡς διὰ . Papyri ( Lft., Notes , 193), 1Co_3:15 . Of the fire of hell ( cf. Dalman, Words ,161): Mar_9:48 ( LXX ); τὸ Papyri τὸ αἰώνιον , Mat_18:8 ; Mat_25:41 ( cf. 4Ma_12:12 ); ἄσβεστον , Mar_9:43 ; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν , Jud_1:7 ; γέεννα τοῦ π ,, Mat_5:22 ; Mat_18:9 ; κάμινος τοῦ π ,, Mat_13:42 ; Mat_13:50 ; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π ,, Rev_19:20 ; Rev_20:10 ; Rev_20:14-15 ; πυρὶ τηρεῖσθαι , 2Pe_3:7 ; βασανισθῆναι ἐν Papyri, Rev_14:10 . Metaph .: βαπτίζειν πυρί , Luk_3:16 ; of the tongue, Jas_3:5 ; of strife and discord, Luk_12:49 ; ἐκ Papyri ἁρπάζειν , Jud_1:23 ; πυρὶ αλίζεσθαι , Mar_9:49 ; ζῆλος πυρός , Heb_10:27 ; of God, π , καταναλίσκον , Heb_12:29 ( LXX ).

πῦρ [page 559] PSI III. 184 .7 (notice of a fire A.D. 292) χθὲς περὶ ἕκτην ὥραν ἐξαίφνης καύματος ἐνόντος πῦρ ἐν σκυβάλοις χόρτου . . . ἀ̣ν̣ε̣φάν [η . In P Oxy VI. 903 .6 (iv/A.D.) a wife amongst other charges against her husband alleges πῦρ προσήνεγκεν ταῖς τροφίμαις μου γυμνώσας αὐ [τὰ ]ς παντελῶς ἃ οὐ ποιοῦσι οἱ νόμοι , he applied fire to my foster-daughters, having stripped them quite naked, which is contrary to the laws (Edd.). With τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον ( Mat_18:8 : cf. Dalman Words , p. 161) we may compare the magical papyrus P Lond 46 .147 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) where the enchanter, to impress the evil powers he desires to overcome, declares ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἀκέφαλος δαίμων , ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν ἔχων τὴν ὅρασιν , ἰσχυρός , τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἀθάνατον , I am the headless demon, having eyes in my feet, the strong one, the deathless fire : cf. Deissmann LAE p. 139. For the fire of love see P Leid W vii. 40 (ii/iii A.D.) (=II. p. 105) ἐξορκίζω σε , πῦρ , δαίμων αἴρωτος ἁγείου ( l . ἔρωτος ἁγίου ), and P Osl I. 1 .140 (iv/A.D.), with the editor s note (p. 65). With Rev_8:7 cf. Orac. Sib . v. 376 f. πῦρ γὰρ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανίων δαπέδων βρέξει . . πῦρ καὶ αἷμα , and for Rom_12:20 see Exp T xxxvi. p. 478.

πῦρ [Etym: not used in pl.] [Etym: v. πυρά] "fire", Hom. , etc.; πῦρ καίειν or δαίειν to kindle "fire", id=Hom. ; πῦρ ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, v. sub vocc.; πῦρ ἐμβάλλειν νηυσί Il. "the funeral-fire" (cf. πυρά), id=Il. "the fire" of the hearth, πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα Eur. ; π. ἄσβεστον or ἀθάνατον "the fire" of Vesta in the Prytaneion, Plut. as a symbol of "things irresistible or terrible", μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο they were fighting like burning "fire", Il. ; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός Soph. ; διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through "fire and water", Xen. ; but, διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέκτρῳ she "raged furiously" against the other partner of the bed, Eur. :—of persons, ὦ πῦρ σύ Soph. :—rarely as an image of warmth and comfort, Aesch.

πῦρ genitive, πυρός, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אֵשׁ ;] fire: Mrk.9:22, Luk.3:9, Jhn.15:6, Act.2:10, 1Co.3:13, Jas.3:5, Rev.8:5, al; π. καὶ θεῖον, Luk.17:29; κατακαίειν (ἐν) π., Mat.13:40, Rev.17:16 18:8; καίεσθαι πυρί, Heb.12:18, Rev.8:8 21:8; φλὸξ πυρός, Act.7:30, 2Th.1:8, Heb.1:7, Rev.1:14 2:18 19:12; λαμπάδες πυρός, Rev.4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Rev.10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός, Rom.12:20 (LXX); γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, Act.2:3; δοκιμάζειν (πυροῦσθαι) διὰ πυρός, 1Pe.1:7, Rev.3:18; ὡς διὰ. π. (Lft., Notes, 193), 1Co.3:15. Of the fire of hell (cf. Dalman, Words,161): Mrk.9:48 (LXX); τὸ π. τὸ αἰώνιον, Mat.18:8 25:41 (cf. 4Ma.12:12); ἄσβεστον, Mrk.9:43; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Ju 7; γέεννα τοῦ π., Mat.5:22 18:9; κάμινος τοῦ π., Mat.13:42, 50; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π., Rev.19:20 20:10, 14-15; πυρὶ τηρεῖσθαι, 2Pe.3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν π., Rev.14:10. Metaphorical: βαπτίζειν πυρί, Luk.3:16; of the tongue, Jas.3:5; of strife and discord, Luk.12:49; ἐκ π. ἁρπάζειν, Ju 23; πυρὶ αλίζεσθαι, Mrk.9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, Heb.10:27; of God, π, καταναλίσκον, Heb.12:29 (LXX) (AS)