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G4443 πυρά (pyrá)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

πυρά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. a fire

Strong's Definition

a fire (concretely)

Derivation: from G4442 (πῦρ);

KJV Usage: fire

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ᾶς | πυρόομαι

2.5 · Natural Substances · Fire

fire, bonfire a pile or heap of burning material The Greek phrase ἅψαντες ... πυράν ‘to kindle a fire’ is best rendered in a number of languages by a single verb meaning ‘to make a fire,’ and in some languages it is strange to speak of a ‘fire’ without indicating the type of material which is being burned. Hence, in ACT 28:2 the appropriate equivalent would be ‘they caused some sticks to burn.’
In some languages a very important distinction is made between two functionally different kinds of fire, one used for getting rid of refuse and the other used for warming oneself. Fire as a destructive agent, mentioned frequently in the book of Revelation (REV 8:5 and REV 20:10), may require quite a different term from what is used in speaking of a fire for the purpose of warming a person or heating an object.

ACT 28:2 · ACT 28:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πυρά, -Gs, ἡ, (πῦρ), fr. Hom. down, a /ire, a pile of burning fuel: Acts xxviii. 2 sq.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πυρά pyra 2x

a fire, heap of combustibles, Acts 28:2, 3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** πυρά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(< πῦρ), [in LXX: Jth 7:5, Wi 17:6, al.;]

a fire: Ac 28:2, 3.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πυρά (pura) — fire. πῠρά, ᾶς, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ, (πῦρ) funeral-pyre, πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυρὴν νῆσαι, συννῆσαι, to raise one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b mound raised on the place of the pyre, tumulus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. altar for burnt sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fire burning thereon, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. burning mass,[Refs 1st c.BC+]; λαμπάδων π. a mass of burning torches, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πυρά, -ᾶς, ἡ (πῦρ) [in LXX: Jdth.7:5, Wis.17:6, al. ;] a fire: Act.28:2-3.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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