ΠΥΡΠΟΛΩΝ, πυρπολων
PYRPOLŌN, pyrpolōn
Sounds Like: peer-po-LOHN
Translations: setting on fire, burning, destroying by fire, ravaging
From the root: ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'πυρπολέω' (pyrpoléō), which means 'to set on fire' or 'to burn down'. It is a compound word formed from 'πῦρ' (pyr), meaning 'fire', and 'πολέω' (poléō), meaning 'to turn, to move about'. As a participle, it describes an action that is ongoing or habitual, functioning like an adjective or adverb. In a sentence, it would describe someone or something that is actively engaged in setting things on fire or destroying by fire, often with a connotation of ravaging or laying waste.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4448 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 8:159
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΕΝ — he burned, he set on fire, he ravaged with fire, he destroyed by fire
- ΕΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ — I burn, I set on fire, I lay waste by fire, I destroy by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΙΝ — to burn, to set on fire, to lay waste by fire, to destroy by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΕΩ — to burn, to set on fire, to destroy by fire, to lay waste by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΘΕΙΣΑΙΣ — having been set on fire, having been burned, having been consumed by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΘΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to be burned, about to be set on fire, about to be consumed by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having set on fire, having burned down, having destroyed by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having set on fire, of having burned down, of having laid waste
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΕΙΣ — you will burn, you will set on fire, you will destroy by fire
- ΠΥΡΠΟΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being set on fire, being burned, being consumed by fire
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