Word Study · Strong's G4442 · Greek
πῦρ
pyr
poor
Strong's 1890 spelling: pŷr
“"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
Rendered in the KJV as
fiery, fire.
- 70occurrencesin the New Testament
- 13 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 70 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- πῦρ23
- πυρὸς18
- πυρὶ12
- πυρός.¶3
- πυρός·3
- πυρί.2
- πυρός,2
- πυρός.2
- Πῦρ1
- πῦρ,1
- πῦρ·1
- πυρί,1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 17
- fire28
- of fire12
- with fire7
- fire.4
- fire;3
- of fire.3
- [the] fire2
- of fire,2
- [is] a fire1
- a fire1
- a fire,1
- Fire1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular28
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular16
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular16
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular10
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSN · 28
- N-ASN · 16
- N-DSN · 16
- N-NSN · 10
All 70, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew12 occurrences
- Matthew 3:10πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThe axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.here: [the] fire
- Matthew 3:11πυρί·purinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularI baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.here: with fire;
- Matthew 3:12πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularHis winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”here: with fire
- Matthew 5:22πυρός.¶purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularBut I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.here: of fire.
- Matthew 7:19πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.here: fire
- Matthew 13:40πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularAs the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.here: in fire
- Matthew 13:42πυρός·purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.here: fire;
- Matthew 13:50πυρός·purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularand throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.here: fire;
- Matthew 17:15πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singular“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.here: fire
- Matthew 18:8πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularIf your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.here: fire
- Matthew 18:9πυρός.purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.here: fire.
- Matthew 25:41πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.here: fire
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 9:22πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singular“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”here: fire
- Mark 9:43πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularIf your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.here: fire
- Mark 9:48πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularwhere ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’here: fire
- Mark 9:49πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularFor everyone will be salted with fire.here: with fire
Luke7 occurrences
- Luke 3:9πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThe axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”here: [the] fire
- Luke 3:16πυρί,purinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularJohn answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.here: with fire,
- Luke 3:17πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularHis winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”here: with fire
- Luke 9:54πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularWhen the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”here: fire
- Luke 12:49Πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularI have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!here: Fire
- Luke 17:29πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.here: fire
- Luke 22:55πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularWhen those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.here: a fire
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 2:3πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThey saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.here: of fire
- Acts 2:19πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularI will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.here: fire
- Acts 7:30πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAfter forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.here: of fire
- Acts 28:5πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBut Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.here: fire
1 Corinthians3 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 3:13πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularhis workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.here: fire
- 1 Corinthians 3:13πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularhis workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.here: fire
- 1 Corinthians 3:15πυρός.¶purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularIf it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.here: fire.
Hebrews5 occurrences
- Hebrews 1:7πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularNow about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”here: of fire
- Hebrews 10:27πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularbut only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.here: of fire
- Hebrews 11:34πυρός,purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularquenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.here: of fire,
- Hebrews 12:18πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularFor you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;here: with fire
- Hebrews 12:29πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular“For our God is a consuming fire.”here: [is] a fire
James3 occurrences
- James 3:5πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularIn the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.here: fire
- James 3:6πῦρ,purnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularThe tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.here: a fire,
- James 5:3πῦρ·purnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularYour gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.here: fire;
Jude2 occurrences
- Jude 1:7πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularIn like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.here: of fire
- Jude 1:23πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularsave others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.here: fire
Revelation26 occurrences
- Revelation 1:14πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThe hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.here: of fire
- Revelation 2:18πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularTo the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.here: of fire
- Revelation 3:18πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularI counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.here: fire
- Revelation 4:5πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularFrom the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.here: of fire
- Revelation 8:5πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThen the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.here: fire
- Revelation 8:7πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularThen the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.here: fire
- Revelation 8:8πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularThen the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,here: with fire
- Revelation 9:17πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNow the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.here: fire
- Revelation 9:18πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularA third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.here: fire
- Revelation 10:1πυρός,purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThen I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.here: of fire,
- Revelation 11:5πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularIf anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.here: fire
- Revelation 13:13πῦρpurnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.here: fire
- Revelation 14:10πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularhe too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.here: fire
- Revelation 14:18πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularStill another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”here: fire
- Revelation 15:2πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularAnd I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,here: with fire
- Revelation 16:8πυρί.purinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularThen the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.here: fire.
- Revelation 17:16πυρί.purinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularAnd the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.here: fire.
- Revelation 18:8πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularTherefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”here: fire
- Revelation 19:12πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularHe has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.here: of fire
- Revelation 19:20πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularBut the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.here: of fire
- Revelation 20:9πῦρpurnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularAnd they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.here: fire
- Revelation 20:10πυρὸςpurosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.here: of fire
- Revelation 20:14πυρός·purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThen Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.here: of fire;
- Revelation 20:14πυρός.purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularThen Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.here: of fire.
- Revelation 20:15πυρός.¶purosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularAnd if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.here: of fire.
- Revelation 21:8πυρὶpurinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularBut to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”here: with fire