Quick Definition
πῦρ, πυρός, τό n.n. fire, trials
Strong's Definition
a primary word; "fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
KJV Usage: fiery, fire
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ός | πυρόομαι
2.3 · Natural Substances · Fire
fire the light, flames, and heat produced by the burning of materials Though the ancient view of the elements would lead to classification of this occurrence of πῦρ (2PE 3:7) as referring to a natural substance, the fact that the reference is to a particular event means that in many languages one must speak of a ‘burning,’ and this must be expressed frequently by a verb or participle rather than by a noun, for example, ‘for destruction by being burned up.’
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2.5 · Natural Substances · Fire
fire, bonfire a pile or heap of burning material The Greek phrase ἅψαντες ... πυράν ‘to kindle a fire’ is best rendered in a number of languages by a single verb meaning ‘to make a fire,’ and in some languages it is strange to speak of a ‘fire’ without indicating the type of material which is being burned. Hence, in ACT 28:2 the appropriate equivalent would be ‘they caused some sticks to burn.’
In some languages a very important distinction is made between two functionally different kinds of fire, one used for getting rid of refuse and the other used for warming oneself. Fire as a destructive agent, mentioned frequently in the book of Revelation (REV 8:5 and REV 20:10), may require quite a different term from what is used in speaking of a fire for the purpose of warming a person or heating an object.
MAT 3:10 · MAT 7:19 · MAT 17:15 · LUK 3:9 · LUK 22:55 · JHN 15:6 · ACT 28:5 · REV 8:5 · REV 20:10
39.15 · Hostility, Strife · Division
Collocation: πῦρ βάλλω
to cause discord, to cause division (an idiom, literally: to throw fire) to cause discord and contention Some translators have preferred to retain the literal rendering of this expression in LUK 12:49, since this seems to be necessary in view of the larger figurative context, which speaks of ‘how I wish it were already kindled’ (τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη). A strictly literal translation may, however, be understood in a completely physical sense, namely, ‘to set the world on fire.’ There are a number of quite diverse interpretations of the significance of this expression in LUK 12:49. Some have assumed, for example, that it refers to the fire of Pentecost.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πῦρ, gen. πυρός, τό, [prob. fr. Skr. pu ‘to purify’ (cf. Germ. feuer); Vaniéek p. 541; Curtius § 385], fr. Hom. down; Hebr. wx; fire: Mt. iii. 10, 12; vii.19; xvii. 15; Mk. ix. 22; Lk. iii. 9,17; ix. 54; Jn. xv.6; Actsii. 19; xxviii. 5; 1 Co. iii. 13; Heb. xi. 34; Jas. 111. 5; v. 3; Rev. Cob OAS ths 17. 18. sau Bie ἈΠ|:15.; Sahig 8» Soe PIF Sap 8; xx. 9; ἅπτειν πῦρ, to kindle a fire, Lk. xxii. 55 [T Tr txt. WH περιάπτ.]; ἔβρεξε πῦρ καὶ θεῖον, Lk. xvii. 29; κατακαίειν τι ev ['T om. WH br. ἐν] πυρί, Rev. xvii. 16; xvili. 8; καίομαι πυρί, Mt. xiii. 40 [R LT WH κατακ.]; Heb. xii. 18 [W. § 31, 7 d.]; Rev. viii. 8; xxi. 8; φλὸξ πυρός, a fiery flame or flame of fire, Acts vii. 30; 2 Th. i. 8 Ltxt. Trtxt.; Heb. i. 7; Rev. i.14; ii.18; xix. 12, (Ex. iii. 2 cod. Alex.; Is. xxix.6); mip φλογός, a flaming fire or fire of flame, 2 Th. i.8 RGLmrg. T Trmre. WH (Ex. iii. 2 cod. Vat.; Sir. xlv. 19); λαμπάδες πυρός, lamps of fire, Rev. iv. 5; στῦλοι πυρός, Rev. x. 1; ἄνθραkes π᾿ coals of fire, Ro. xii. 20 (see ἄνθραξ) ; γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, which had the shape of little flames, Acts ii. 3; δοκιμάζειν διὰ πυρός, 1 Pet. i. 7; πυροῦσθαι (see πυpow, b.) ἐκ m. Rev. iii. 18; ὡς διὰ πυρός, as one who in a conflagration has escaped through the fire not uninjured, i. 6. dropping the fig. not without damage, 1 Co. 111. 15; wD 28D, Zech. iii. 2, cf. Am. iv. 11. of the fire of hell we find the foll. 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): τὸ πῦρ, Mk. ix. 44, 46, [fT WH om. Tr br. both verses], 48; τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον, Mt. xviii. 8; xxv. 41, ef. 4 Mace. xii. 12; ἄσβεστον, Mk. ix. 43,45 (GT Tr WHom. Lbr. the cl.]; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jude 7; γέεννα τοῦ πυρός, Mt. v. 22; xviii. 9; Mk. ix. 47 [RG Trbr.]; κάμινος τ. πυρός, Mt. xiii. 42, 50, (Dan. iii. 6); ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρός, Rev. xix. 20; xx. 10, 14,15; πυρί τηρεῖσθαι, 2 Pet. iii. 7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν πυρί, Rey. xiv. 10 (cf. Lk. xvi. 24); βαπτίζειν τινὰ πυρί (see Baπτίζω, I. b. bb.), Mt. iii. 11; Lk.iii.16. The tongue [On its 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. iii. 6; since fire disorganizes and sunders things joined together and compact, it is used to symbolize dissension, Lk. xii. 49. Metaphorical expressions: ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζειν, to snatch from danger of destruction, Jude 23; πυρὶ ἁλίζεσθαι (see ἁλίζω), Mk. ix. 49; ζῆλος πυρός, fiery, burning anger [see ζῆλος, 1], Heb. x. 27 (πῦρ ζήλου, Zeph.i. 18; iii. 8); God is ealled πῦρ καταναλίσκον, as one who when angry visits the obdurate with penal destruction, Heb. xii. 29.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πῦρ pyr 71x
fire, Mt. 3:10; 7:19; 13:40, et al. freq.; πυρός, used by Hebraism with the force of an adjective, fiery, fierce, Heb. 10:27; fire used figuratively to express various circumstances of severe trial, Lk. 12:49; 1 Cor. 3:13; Jude 23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πῦρ, gen., πυρός, τό,
[in LXX chiefly and very freq. for אֵשׁ;]
fire: Mk 9:22, Lk 3:9, Jo 15:6, Ac 2:19, I Co 3:13, Ja 3:5, Re 8:5, al; π. καὶ θεῖον, Lk 17:29; κατακαίειν (ἐν) π., Mt 13:40, Re 17:16 18:8; καίεσθαι πυρί, He 12:18, Re 8:8 21:8; φλὸξ πυρός, Ac 7:30, II Th 1:8, He 1:7, Re 1:14 2:18 19:12; λαμπάδες πυρός, Re 4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Re 10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός, Ro 12:20(LXX); γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, Ac 2:3; δοκιμάζειν (πυροῦσθαι) διὰ πυρός, I Pe 1:7, Re 3:18; ὡς διὰ. π. (Lft., Notes, 193), I Co 3:15. Of the fire of hell (cf. Dalman, Words,161): Mk 9:48(LXX); τὸ π. τὸ αἰώνιον, Mt 18:8 25:41 (cf. IV Mac 12:12); ἄσβεστον, Mk 9:43; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Ju 7; γέεννα τοῦ π., Mt 5:22 18:9; κάμινος τοῦ π., Mt 13:42, 50; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π., Re 19:20 20:10, 14, 15; πυρὶ τηρεῖσθαι, II Pe 3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν π., Re 14:10. Metaph.: βαπτίζειν πυρί, Mt 3:11, Lk 3:16; of the tongue, Ja 3:5; of strife and discord, Lk 12:49; ἐκ π. ἁρπάζειν, Ju 23; πυρὶ ἁλίζεσθαι, Mk 9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, He 10:27; of God, π. καταναλίσκον, He 12:29(LXX).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πῦρ (pur) — fire. πῦρ (once πύυρ [?~X ¯ ?~X] by 'distraction', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry).; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.
2. funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. hearthfire, πυρὸς ἐσχάραι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
5. lightning, κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. b fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π., opposed to χειμών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; summer solstice, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
6. flame of torches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
7. fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ.. [Refs]; of Hannibal, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Armenian hur, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] fyr 'fire', etc.)