Burning
πύρωσιςStrong’s G4451purōsis
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Purōsis is the Greek word usually translated “burning” and “fire”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:”
Meaning
Usually translated “burning” and “fire”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- burning 2
- fire 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- 1 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
- Revelation 18:18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Greek dictionary
πύρωσις purōsis · burning
πύρωσις, -εως, ἡ (πυρόω), [in LXX: Pro.27:21 (כּוּר), Amo.4:9 (שְׁדֵפָה) * ;] 1. a burning: Rev.18:9, 18. 2. a refining or trial by fire: metaphorically, 1Pe.4:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “burning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BURN'ING, participle present
tense Consuming with fire; flaming; scorching; hardening by fire; calcining; charring; raging as fire; glowing.
All definitions and other forms of “burning”
BURN'ING, noun
Combustion; the act of expelling volatile matter and reducing to ashes, or to a calx; a fire; inflammation; the heat or raging of passion. In surgery, actual cautery; cauterization.
BURN'ING, adjective
Powerful; vehement; as a burning shame; a burning scent.
- Much heated; very hot; scorching.
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.