Be feverish
πυρέσσωStrong’s G4445puressō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Puressō is the Greek word usually translated “fevering”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fevering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fevering 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
πυρέσσω puressō · be feverish
πυρέσσω (πῦρ) to be ill of a fever: Mat.8:14, Mrk.1:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fever” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FE'VER, noun
[Latin febris, supposed to be so written by transposition for ferbis, or fervis, from ferbeo, ferveo, to be hot.]
- A disease, characterized by an accelerated pulse, with increase of heat, impaired functions, diminished strength, and often with preternatural thirst.
- Heat; agitation; excitement by any thing that strongly affects the passions.
All definitions and other forms of “fever”
FE'VER, verb transitive
To put in a fever
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.