Quick Definition
I burn, am purified by fire
Strong's Definition
to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)
Derivation: from G4442 (πῦρ);
KJV Usage: burn, fiery, be on fire, try
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυρόω: passive, present πυροῦμαι; perfect participle πεπυρωμένος; (πῦρ); from Aeschylus and Pindar down; to burn with fire, to set on fire, to kindle; in the N. T. it is used only in the passive:
a. to be on fire, to burn: properly, 2Pe_3:12; tropically, of the heat of the passions: of grief, 2Co_11:29 (English Versions burn (often understood of indignation, but cf. Meyer); Winer's Grammar, 153 (145)); of anger, with τοῖς θυμοῖς added, equivalent to to be incensed, indignant, 2Ma_4:38 2Ma_10:35 2Ma_14:45; to be inflamed with sexual desire, 1Co_7:9.
b. perfect participle πεπυρωμένος, made to glow (R. V. refined): Rev_1:15 ((cf. Buttmann, 80 (69) n.)); full of fire; fiery, ignited: τά βέλη ... τά πεπυρωμένα darts filled with inflammable substances and set on fire, Eph_6:16 (Apollod. Bib. 2, 5, 2 § 3); melted by fire and purged of dross: χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρός, (refined by fire), Rev_3:18 (so πυρόω in the Sept. for φΘψΗσ; as τό ἀγρυριον, Job_22:25; Zec_13:9; Psa_11:7 (); ()).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πυρόω pyroō 6x
to set on fire, burn;
pass. to be kindled, be on fire, burn, flame, Eph_6:16 ; 2Pe_3:12 ; Rev_1:15 ;
met. to fire with distressful feelings, 2Co_11:29 ;
of lust, to be inflamed, burn, 1Co_7:9 ;
to be tried with fire, as metals, Rev_3:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πυρόω , -ῶ ( <πῦρ ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6884 ;]
to set on fire, burn up. In NT always pass .,
1. to be set on fire, to burn: Eph_6:16 , 2Pe_3:12 ; ptcp ., glowing , Rev_1:15 . Metaph ., of grief or indignation, 2Co_11:29 ; of lust, 1Co_7:9 .
2. Of metals ( cf. Job_22:25 , Psa_12:7 , Zec_13:9 ), to be refined or purified by fire: Rev_3:18 (and so in RV , Rev_1:15 , but v. supr .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πυρόω [page 560]
burn with fire, occurs in a Jewish-Greek sepulchral inscr. from Tell el Yehudieh, ZNTW xxii. (1923), p. 282 No. 18 .5 πατὴρ καὶ μήτηρ οἱ πυρώμενοι ἐννεαέτην , where Lietzmann thinks the reference is to burning the dead body, and not to the parents burning with grief (cf. 2Co_11:29 ). In the same list of inscrr. we find No. 20 .4 τρεῖς ὧδ [ε π ]άρεσμεν , ὁ ἀνὴρ καὶ [ἡ θυγά ]τηρ καὶ ἣν [π ]επύρωκαν ἐγώ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πυρόω πυ^ρόω, φυτ. -ώσω [Etym: πῦρ] "to burn with fire, burn up", Hdt. , Soph. : "to burn as a burnt sacrifice", Aesch. , Eur. ; π. Κύκλωπος ὄψιν "to burn out" his eye, Eur. :—Mid., παῖδα πυρωσαμένη "having placed one's" son "on the pyre", Anth. :—Pass. "to set on fire, to be burnt", Pind. , Eur. metaph. in Pass. "to be inflamed or excited", Aesch. Pass. also, of gold, "to be proved or tested by fire", NTest. "to fumigate", Theocr.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πυρόω, -ῶ
(πῦρ) [in LXX chiefly for צָרַף ;]
to set on fire, burn up. In NT always pass.,
__1. to be set on fire, to burn: Eph.6:16, 2Pe.3:12; ptcp., glowing, Rev.1:15. Metaphorical, of grief or indignation, 2Co.11:29; of lust, 1Co.7:9.
__2. Of metals (cf. Job.22:25, Psa.12:7, Zec.13:9), to be refined or purified by fire: Rev.3:18 (and so in RV, Rev.1:15, but see supr.).†
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