πῦρ pur

Greek word for “fire” · Strong’s G4442 · used 71 times in 69 verses

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Meaning

πῦρ genitive, πυρός, τό;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pur in context, with how often each is used:

• fire 71

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 9 (4), Revelation 20 (4), Matthew 3 (3), Matthew 13 (3), Luke 3 (3), Revelation 8 (3), Matthew 18 (2), Acts 2 (2), 1 Corinthians 3 (2), Hebrews 12 (2)

Forms

• πῦρ 25
• πυρὸς 18
• πυρὶ 13
• πυρός 10
• πυρί 4
• Πῦρ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 17
• θεῖον theion “sulfur” 7
• κατακαίω katakaiō “to burn” 7
• φλόξ phlox “flame” 6
• καίω kaiō “to kindle/burn” 6
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 9
• λίμνη limnē “lake” 5
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 11
• γῆ gē “earth” 8
• ἰσχυρός ischuros “strong” 5
• καλός kalos “good” 6
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 5

Key verses

The verses using pur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:11 — I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with…
• Matthew 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matthew 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,…
• Matthew 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;…
• 1 Peter 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and…
• 2 Peter 3:7 — But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• Revelation 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy…
• Revelation 14:10 — The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire…
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…
• Revelation 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.