ΠΥΡΚΑΙ, πυρκαι
PYRKAI, pyrkai
Sounds Like: poor-KAI-ah
Translations: bonfire, a bonfire, conflagration, a conflagration, fire, a fire
From the root: ΠΥΡΚΑΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a large fire, a conflagration, or a bonfire. It is a compound word formed from 'πῦρ' (pyr), meaning 'fire', and 'καίω' (kaiō), meaning 'to burn'. It describes a destructive or large-scale burning event. In a sentence, it would typically refer to the fire itself, such as 'the city was consumed by the conflagration'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4446 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 3:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡΚΑΙΑ.
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.
- ΠΥΡΚΑΙΑ — fire, a fire, conflagration, a conflagration
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