ΠΥΡΟ, πυρο
PYRO, pyro
Sounds Like: POOR-oh
Translations: fire, a fire, wheat, grain, to set on fire, to burn, to be on fire, to be inflamed
From the root: ΠΥΡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This word can have multiple meanings depending on the original diacritics. It can be the noun 'πῦρ' (pyr), meaning 'fire' or 'a fire', referring to a destructive or purifying element. It can also be the noun 'πυρός' (pyros), meaning 'wheat' or 'grain', referring to the staple crop. Additionally, it can be an inflected form of the verb 'πυρόω' (pyroo), meaning 'to set on fire', 'to burn', 'to be on fire', or 'to be inflamed'. The context of the sentence is crucial for determining the correct meaning.
Inflection: For 'πῦρ' (fire): Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter. For 'πυρός' (wheat): Singular, Genitive, Masculine. For 'πυρόω' (verb): Present, Indicative, Middle/Passive, 1st Person Singular; or Present, Imperative, Middle/Passive, 2nd Person Singular; or Present, Infinitive, Middle/Passive.
Strong’s numbers: G4442 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4443 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡ.
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.
- ΕΝΠΥΡΙΖΩ — to set on fire, to burn, to kindle
- ΠΙΡΑ — fire, a fire
- ΠΙΡΑΝ — fire, a fire
- ΠΥ — fire, a fire
- ΠΥΡ — fire, a fire
- ΠΥΡʼ — fire, a fire
- ΠΥΡΑΣ — fires, a fire
- ΠΥΡΙ — to fire, by fire, with fire, in fire, fire, a fire
- ΠΥΡΙΑ — fire-pans, censers, braziers
- ΠΥΡΙΝΟΣ — fiery, of fire, burning
- ΠΥΡΙΝΟΥΣ — fiery, of fire
- ΠΥΡΙΟΥ — of a fire-pan, of a censer, of a small fire
- ΠΥΡΙΤΟ — fiery, made of fire, of fire
- ΠΥΡΟΕΙΔΕΣ — fiery, fire-like, flame-like, resembling fire
- ΠΥΡΟΝ — fire, a fire
- ΠΥΡΟΣ — of fire, fire, a fire
- ΠΥΡΤΕ — unknown
- ΠΥΡΩΔΕΣΤΕΡΟΣ — more fiery, more burning, more inflamed, more red-hot
- ΤΟΠΥΡ — the fire, a fire
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