noun · feminine
purōsias
Strong’sG4451
a burning, trial, fiery test
stem purōsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
πύρωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< πυρόω), [in LXX: Pr 27:21 (כּוּר), Am 4:9 (שִׁדָּפוֹן)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4451 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoo'-ro-sis
ignition, i.e. (specially), smelting (figuratively, conflagration, calamity as a test)
Fromfrom G4448;
King Jamesburning, trial.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
firing, burning, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 exposure to the action of fire, as in cooking, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ π. boiling, Refs 4th c.BC+; μαλακὴ π. Mnesith. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 proving by fire, LXX+NT+5th c.AD+
4 cautery, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 destruction by fire, γῆν πυρώσει ἀφανίζων Refs 1st c.AD+
II flame, Refs 4th c.BC+
III metaphorically, burning desire, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV fever, Refs 2nd c.AD+: plural, feverish states, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2 inflammation, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | purōsias | purōsiais |
| object accusative | purōsian | purōsiain |
| direct address vocative | purōsiar | purōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | purōsiau2×πυρώσεως | purōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | purōsia1×πυρώσει | purōsiai |
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
purōsia 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
purōsiau“burning”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Revelation 18:9“burning”… strēniarantois, hotan blepaleiō ton kapnon tau purōsiau autau,… immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from …
Revelation 18:18“burning”kai krazala bleparōntois ton kapnon tau purōsiau autau legarōntois; Tinas homoias ta pola …and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will …
purōsia“fiery ordeal”to, fordative singular1×
1 Peter 4:12“fiery ordeal”Agapētoir, mē xenizovōr ta en vi purōsia pros peirasmon vi genorōnta hōs xeneu …Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.