Quick Definition
πυρετός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a fever
Strong's Definition
from 4445; inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever)
KJV Usage: fever
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | πυρόομαι
23.159 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
to have a fever, fever to be sick with a fever Though in a number of languages one can say ‘a person has a fever,’ in some languages the reverse expression is used, for example, ‘the fever has a person.’ Similarly, instead of saying ‘a person has a disease,’ it is ‘the disease which grabs a person.’ One may often speak of a fever as ‘to become hot’ or ‘to burn’ or ‘to be sick with burning.’
MAT 8:15 · MRK 1:31 · LUK 4:38 · LUK 4:39 · JHN 4:52 · ACT 28:8
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυρετός, -ov, ὁ, (πῦρ); 1. fiery heat (Hom. Il. 22, 31 [but interpreters now give it the sense of ‘fever’ in this pass.; ef. Hbeling, Lex. Hom. s. v.; Schmidt, Syn. ch. 60 ὃ 147). 2. fever: Mt. viii. 15; Mk. i. 31; Lk. iv. 39; Jn. iv. 52; Acts xxviii. 8, (Hippoer., Arstph., Plat., sqq.; Deut. xxviii. 22); mup. μέγας, Lk. iv. 38 (as Galen de different. feb. 1, 1 says σύνηθες τοῖς ἰατροῖς ὀνομάζειν . - - τὸν μέγαν τε καὶ μικρὸν πυρετόν ; [cf. Wetstein on Lk. 1. ¢.]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πυρετός pyretos 6x
scorching and noxious heat; a fever, Mt. 8:15; Mk. 1:31
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πυρετός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< πῦρ), [in LXX: De 28:22 (קדַּחַת)*;]
a fever: Mt 8:15, Mk 1:31, Lk 4:39, Jo 4:52, Ac 28:8; π. μέγας, a high fever: Lk 4:38 (on the technical phrase here, v. MM, xxii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πυρετός, ‘<a fever.’ The Lucan combination with συνέχεσθαι (Lk 438, Ac 288) is paralleled in P Oxy VI. 89685 (A.D. 316) Spapev αὐτὸ]ν tolirjov κλείινή]ρην ὄντα πυραιί-- ε)τίοις '. . συνεχ[όμενον, ‘we saw the man himself lying on a bed seized with a slight .. . fever” (Edd.): note the technical plur. on which Hobart (p. 52) comments. TIvperds in the sing. is found in the heathen charm, BGU Ill. 956 (iii/A.D.), invoking protection ἀπὸ πα[ν]τὸς plyou<s> καὶ πυρετοῦ, cf. P Oxy VI. 924° (iv/A.D.), τό. VIII. 1151°(v/a.p.?), and the curse Sy// 890 (= $1239)?° (ii/A.D.) φρείκῃ [k]afl] πυρετῷ καὶ tera[p|tatw καὶ ἐλέφαίν]τίι : cf. also 26. 891 (=%1240)?° (ii/a.D.). For the form πυρεσσός (not in LSS) see the fragment of a Gemellus letter P Fay 248 (c. A.D. 100). , πυρὼσ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πυρετός (puretos) — fever. πῠρετ-ός, ὁ, (πῦρ) burning heat, fiery heat, φέρει πυρετὸν δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσιν (i.e. Sirius) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θνήσκειν ἐκ π. [Refs]; π. ἀμφημερινοί, τριταῖοι, τεταρταῖοι, quotidian, tertian, quartan fevers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]