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Strong's Lexicon pur: Fire Original Word: πῦρ Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pur Pronunciation: poor Phonetic Spelling: (poor) Definition: fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. Meaning: Fire Word Origin: A primary word Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • Strong's Hebrew 784: אֵשׁ (esh) • Fire • Strong's Hebrew 8316: שְׂרֵפָה (serephah) • Burning, fire, conflagration These Hebrew terms similarly convey the concept of fire, both in its literal sense and as a symbol of divine presence and judgment, as seen in various Old Testament contexts. Usage: The term "πῦρ" is used in the New Testament to denote literal fire, as well as metaphorical uses such as divine judgment, purification, and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Context: The Greek word "πῦρ" appears frequently in the New Testament, carrying both literal and symbolic meanings. In its literal sense, "πῦρ" refers to physical fire, as seen in passages describing everyday life or natural phenomena. For example, in John 18:18, it is used to describe the fire around which Peter warmed himself: "Now the servants and officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold, and they were warming themselves." Symbolically, "πῦρ" often represents divine judgment or purification. In Matthew 3:11-12, John the Baptist speaks of Jesus baptizing with the Holy Spirit and fire, indicating a purifying and refining process: "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor, gathering His wheat into the barn, and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." The concept of fire as judgment is further illustrated in passages like Revelation 20:14-15, where the lake of fire symbolizes the final judgment: "Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Additionally, "πῦρ" is associated with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, as seen in Acts 2:3-4, where tongues of fire appear over the apostles at Pentecost: "They saw tongues like flames of a fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." Throughout the New Testament, "πῦρ" serves as a powerful symbol of God's holiness, judgment, and transformative power, reflecting both His justice and His purifying presence in the lives of believers. HELPS Word-studies 4442 pýr – fire. In Scripture, fire is often used figuratively – like with the "fire of God" which transforms all it touches into light and likeness with itself God's Spirit, like a holy fire, enlightens and purifies so that believers can share more and more in His likeness. Indeed the fire of God brings the uninterrupted privilege of being transformed which happens by experiencing faith from Him. Our lives can become true offerings to Him as we obey this imparted faith from God by His power. [This is illustrated by God's fire burning continuously at the entrance of the Tabernacle where the priests made sweet-savor offerings. Compare Lev 6:12,13 with 1 Pet 2:5,9.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. word Definition fire NASB Translation burning (2), fiery (2), fire (69). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4442: πῦρ πῦρ, genitive πυρός, τό (probably from Sanskritpu, 'to purify' (cf. German fever); Vanicek, p. 541; Curtius, § 385), from Homer down; Hebrew אֵשׁ; fire: Matthew 3:10, 12; Matthew 7:19; Matthew 17:15; Mark 9:22; Luke 3:9, 17; Luke 9:54; John 15:6; Acts 2:19; Acts 28:5; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Hebrews 11:34; James 3:5; James 5:3; Revelation 8:5, 7; Revelation 9:17, 18; Revelation 11:5; Revelation 13:13; Revelation 14:18; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 16:8; Revelation 20:9; ά῾πτειν πῦρ, to kindle a fire, Luke 22:55 (T Tr text WH περιαψάντων); ἔβρεξε πῦρ καί θεῖον, Luke 17:29; κατακαίειν τί ἐν (T omits; WH brackets ἐν) πυρί, Revelation 17:16; Revelation 18:8; καίομαι πυρί, Matthew 13:40 (R L T WH κατακαίεται); Hebrews 12:18 (Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7 d.); Revelation 8:8; Revelation 21:8; φλόξ πυρός, a fiery flame or flame of fire, Acts 7:30; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 L text Tr text; Hebrews 1:7; Revelation 1:14; Revelation 2:18; Revelation 19:12 (Exodus 3:2, the Alex. manuscript; Isaiah 29:6); πῦρ φλογός, a flaming fire or fire of flame, 2 Thessalonians 1:8 R G L marginal reading T Tr marginal reading WH (Exodus 3:2, the Vaticanus manuscript; Sir. 45:19); λαμπάδες πυρός, lamps of fire, Revelation 4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Revelation 10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός coals of fire, Romans 12:20 (see ἄνθραξ); γλῶσσαι ὡσεί πυρός, which had the shape of little flames, Acts 2:3; δοκιμάζειν διά πυρός, 1 Peter 1:7; πυροῦσθαι (see πυρόω, b.) ἐκ πυρός, Revelation 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, 1 Corinthians 3:15; מֵאֵשׁ מֻצָּל, Zechariah 3:2, cf. Amos 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, Mark 9:44, 46,(T WH omit; Tr brackets both verses),48; τό πῦρ τό αἰώνιον, Matthew 18:8; Matthew 25:41, cf. 4 Macc. 12:12; ἄσβεστον, Mark 9:43, 45 (G T Tr WH omit; L brackets the clause); πυρός αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Jude 1:7; γηννα τοῦ πυρός, Matthew 5:22; Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:47 (R G Tr brackets); κάμινος τοῦ πυρός, Matthew 13:42, 50 (Daniel 3:6); ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρός, Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10, 14, 15; πυρί τηρεῖσθαι, 2 Peter 3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν πυρί, Revelation 14:10 (cf. Luke 16:24); βαπτίζειν τινα πυρί (see βαπτίζω, II. b. bb.), Matthew 3:11; Luke 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, James 3:6; since fire disorganizes and sunders things joined together and compact, it is used to symbolize dissension, Luke 12:49. Metaphorical expressions: ἐκ πυρός ἁρπάζειν, to snatch from danger of destruction, Jude 1:23; πυρί ἁλίζεσθαι (see ἁλίζω), Mark 9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, fiery, burning anger (see ζῆλος, 1), Hebrews 10:27 (πῦρ ζήλου, Zephaniah 1:18; Zephaniah 3:8); God is called πῦρ καταναλίσκον, as one who when angry visits the obdurate with penal destruction, Hebrews 12:29. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fiery, fire. A primary word; "fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning) -- fiery, fire. Forms and Transliterations πυρ πῦρ πυρι πυρί πυρὶ πυρος πυρός πυρὸς pur puri puros pyr pŷr pyri pyrí pyrì pyros pyrós pyròs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 3:10 N-ANS GRK: καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται NAS: is cut down and thrown into the fire. KJV: cast into the fire. INT: and into [the] fire is thrown Matthew 3:11 N-DNS GRK: ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί NAS: you with the Holy Spirit and fire. KJV: Ghost, and [with] fire: INT: Holy and with fire Matthew 3:12 N-DNS GRK: ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ NAS: up the chaff with unquenchable fire. KJV: the chaff with unquenchable fire. INT: [the] chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable Matthew 5:22 N-GNS GRK: γέενναν τοῦ πυρός NAS: shall be guilty [enough to go] into the fiery hell. KJV: of hell fire. INT: hell of fire Matthew 7:19 N-ANS GRK: καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται NAS: is cut down and thrown into the fire. KJV: cast into the fire. INT: and into fire is thrown Matthew 13:40 N-DNS GRK: ζιζάνια καὶ πυρὶ κατακαίεται οὕτως NAS: up and burned with fire, so KJV: and burned in the fire; so shall it be INT: weeds and in fire is consumed thus Matthew 13:42 N-GNS GRK: κάμινον τοῦ πυρός ἐκεῖ ἔσται NAS: them into the furnace of fire; in that place KJV: into a furnace of fire: there shall be INT: furnace of the fire there will be Matthew 13:50 N-GNS GRK: κάμινον τοῦ πυρός ἐκεῖ ἔσται NAS: them into the furnace of fire; in that place there KJV: the furnace of fire: there INT: furnace of the fire there will be Matthew 17:15 N-ANS GRK: εἰς τὸ πῦρ καὶ πολλάκις NAS: falls into the fire and often KJV: he falleth into the fire, and oft INT: into the fire and often Matthew 18:8 N-ANS GRK: εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον NAS: and be cast into the eternal fire. KJV: into everlasting fire. INT: into the fire eternal Matthew 18:9 N-GNS GRK: γέενναν τοῦ πυρός NAS: eyes and be cast into the fiery hell. KJV: into hell fire. INT: hell of the fire Matthew 25:41 N-ANS GRK: εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον NAS: ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared KJV: everlasting fire, prepared INT: into the fire eternal Mark 9:22 N-ANS GRK: καὶ εἰς πῦρ αὐτὸν ἔβαλεν NAS: him both into the fire and into the water KJV: him into the fire, and into INT: both into fire him it cast Mark 9:43 N-ANS GRK: εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον NAS: into hell, into the unquenchable fire, KJV: into the fire that never shall be quenched: INT: into the fire unquenchable Mark 9:44 Noun-NNS GRK: καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται KJV: not, and the fire is not INT: and the fire not is quenched Mark 9:45 Noun-ANS GRK: εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον KJV: into the fire that never shall be quenched: INT: into the fire unquenchable Mark 9:46 Noun-NNS GRK: καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται KJV: not, and the fire is not INT: and the fire not is quenched Mark 9:48 N-NNS GRK: καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται NAS: DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. KJV: not, and the fire is not INT: and the fire not is quenched Mark 9:49 N-DNS GRK: πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται καὶ NAS: will be salted with fire. KJV: shall be salted with fire, and INT: everyone indeed with fire will be salted and Luke 3:9 N-ANS GRK: καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται NAS: is cut down and thrown into the fire. KJV: cast into the fire. INT: and into [the] fire is thrown Luke 3:16 N-DNS GRK: ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί NAS: you with the Holy Spirit and fire. KJV: Ghost and with fire: INT: Holy and with fire Luke 3:17 N-DNS GRK: ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ NAS: up the chaff with unquenchable fire. KJV: he will burn with fire unquenchable. INT: [the] chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable Luke 9:54 N-ANS GRK: θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ NAS: us to command fire to come down KJV: that we command fire to come down INT: will you [that] we should call fire to come down from Luke 12:49 N-ANS GRK: Πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν NAS: to cast fire upon the earth; KJV: I am come to send fire on the earth; INT: Fire I came to cast Luke 17:29 N-ANS GRK: Σοδόμων ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον NAS: it rained fire and brimstone KJV: Sodom it rained fire and brimstone INT: Sodom it rained fire and sulphur Strong's Greek 4442 74 Occurrences πῦρ — 29 Occ. πυρί — 17 Occ. πυρός — 28 Occ.