Quick Definition
πυρά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. a fire
Strong's Definition
from 4442; a fire (concretely)
KJV Usage: fire
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ᾶς | πυρόομαι
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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυρά, -Gs, ἡ, (πῦρ), fr. Hom. down, a /ire, a pile of burning fuel: Acts xxviii. 2 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πυρά pyra 2x
a fire, heap of combustibles, Acts 28:2, 3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** πυρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< πῦρ), [in LXX: Jth 7:5, Wi 17:6, al.;]
a fire: Ac 28:2, 3.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πυρά (pura) — fire. πῠρά, ᾶς, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ, (πῦρ) funeral-pyre, πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυρὴν νῆσαι, συννῆσαι, to raise one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b mound raised on the place of the pyre, tumulus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. altar for burnt sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fire burning thereon, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. burning mass,[Refs 1st c.BC+]; λαμπάδων π. a mass of burning torches, [Refs 1st c.BC+]