Greek noun (feminine) · G4451
πύρωσις
pyrosispoo'-ro-sis
a burning; a refining or trial by fire
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pýrōsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4451is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4451
ignition, i.e. (specially), smelting (figuratively, conflagration, calamity as a test)
The King James renders it: burning, trial.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pyrosis is rendered "a burning; a refining or trial by fire". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a burning".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Peter 4:12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:12πυρώσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a burning, and a refining or trial by fire.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a burningRev.18:9, 18. | Tagged as
| WhereRevelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will… |
| a refining or trial by firemetaphorically, 1Pe.4:12.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where1 Peter 4:12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πυρώσεως2
- πυρώσει1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
1 Peter
one use
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- πυρώσειpuroseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: fire
Revelation
two uses
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- πυρώσεωςpuroseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: burning
and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
- πυρώσεωςpuroseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: burning
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.