Strong's Greek · G4448
G4448 pyróō
πυρόω
burn, fiery, be on fire, try
Looking for Hebrew H4448 mâlal? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4448. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
pyróō appears 6 times in Scripture, in 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, 2 Peter and Revelation. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)
Derivation
from G4442 (πῦρ);
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?”
“But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”
“as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.”
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
“I 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.”
“His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
