noun · masculine
puretos
Greekπυρετός (puretos)
Strong’sG4446
a fever
stem puret-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πυρετός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< πῦρ), [in LXX: De 28:22 (קדַּחַת)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4446 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoo-ret-os'
inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever)
Fromfrom G4445;
King Jamesfever.
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 | puretos3×πυρετός | puretois |
| object accusative | pureton | puretoin |
| direct address vocative | puretor | puretoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | puretou | puretoiu |
| to, for dative | pureto2×πυρετῷ | puretoi1×πυρετοῖς |
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
pureto 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
Where it appears
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
puretos“fever”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 8:15“fever”kai hapteta tau cheirau autau, kai afiēkata autan tos puretos, kai egeirita kai diakonate auto.So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.
Mark 1:31“fever”kai prosercharatos egeirata autan krataratos tau cheirau; kai afiēkata autan tos puretos, kai diakonate autoi.So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
John 4:52“fever”punthaneta oun tan hōran para autoiu en ha kompsoterem echata; legala oun auto hoti Echthes hōran hebdoman afiēkata auton tos puretos.So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
pureto“fever”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 4:38“fever”Anistanaratos de apo tau sunagōgau eiserchata eis tan oikian Simōnou. pentheras de tou Simōnou ate sunechirōtas pureto mego, kai erōtala auton peri autau.After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
Luke 4:39“fever”kai efistanaratos epanō autau epitimata to pureto, kai afiēkata autan; parachrēma de anistanaratas diakonate autoi.and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
puretoi“fever”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 28:8“fever”gineta de ton patēron tou Popliou puretoi kai dusenterie sunechirōton katakeierō, pros hon tos Paulos eisercharatos kai proseucheratos epititharatos tain cheirain auto ieta auton.The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.