noun · feminine

purōsias

Greekπύρωσις (purōsis)

Strong’sG4451

a burning, trial, fiery test

stem purōsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

burning2×fiery ordeal1×

What it means

πύρωσις, -εως, ἡ

(< πυρόω), [in LXX: Pr 27:21 (כּוּר), Am 4:9 (שִׁדָּפוֹן)*;]

1. a burning: Re 18:9, 18.

2. a refining or trial by fire: metaph., I Pe 4:12.†

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.

Every form

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

purōsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

purōsiau“burning”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Revelation 18:9“burning”Kai klaiali kai kopteli epi autan tois basilevois tau gēau tois meta autau porneuaratois kai strēniaratois, hotan blepaleiō ton kapnon tau purōsiau autau,Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

Revelation 18:18“burning”kai krazala bleparōtois ton kapnon tau purōsiau autau legarōtois; Tinas homoias ta polita ta mega?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 exclaim.

purōsia“fiery ordeal”to, fordative singular1×

1 Peter 4:12“fiery ordeal”Agapētoir, mē xenizivōr ta en vi purōsia pros peirasmon vi ginerōta hōs xeneu vi sumbainarōteu,Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.