noun · feminine
puras
Greekπυρά (pura)
Strong’sG4443
a fire
stem pur-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** πυρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< πῦρ), [in LXX: Jth 7:5, Wi 17:6, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4443 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoo-rah'
a fire (concretely)
Fromfrom G4442;
King Jamesfire.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | puras | purais |
| object accusative | puran2×πυρὰν | purain |
| direct address vocative | purar | purair |
| of, belonging to genitive | purau | puraiu |
| to, for dative | pura | purai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pura is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
puran“fire”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 28:2“fire”tois tē barbarois parechale ouk tan tunchanaratan filanthrōpian ni, haptaratois gar puran proslambela pantoin nin dia ton hueton ton efistanarēton kai dia tem psuchem.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
Acts 28:3“fire”sustrefaratou de tou Paulou fruganeiu tinem plēthem kai epititharatou epi tan puran, echidnas apo tau thermau exercharatas kathaptata tau cheirau autou.Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.