ΠΥΡΑΝ, πυραν
PYRAN, pyran
Sounds Like: POO-ran
Translations: pyre, funeral pyre, altar of sacrifice, fire, a pyre
From the root: ΠΥΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a large pile of combustible material, especially one used for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite (a funeral pyre) or for a sacrifice. It can also generally refer to a fire or an altar of sacrifice.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4442 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 28:3
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 13:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ΠΥΡΑ — fire, a fire, funeral pyre, a funeral pyre, altar fire, a beacon fire
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