ΠΥΡΑ, πυρα
PYRA, pyra
Sounds Like: POO-rah
Translations: fire, a fire, funeral pyre, a funeral pyre, altar fire, a beacon fire
From the root: ΠΥΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to fire, often a large fire, such as a funeral pyre, a beacon fire, or an altar fire. It is used to describe a burning mass or a conflagration. It can also refer to the heat or light produced by fire.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4442 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:63
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 28:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:32
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 128:4
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 13:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΥΡΑΝ — pyre, funeral pyre, altar of sacrifice, fire, a pyre
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