πύρωσις (
pýrōsis｜
poo'-ro-sis｜
noun｜
burning ordeal; burning)
[Grk]
πύρωσις LN: 14.63,
24.91,
78.37 GK: G4796 Hebrew: כּוּר,
שְׁדֵפָה
Derivation: from
πυρόω;
Strong's: ignition, i.e. (specially), smelting (figuratively, conflagration, calamity as a test)
KJV: --burning, trial.
See: πυρόω πῠρ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, firing, burning, Thphr. HP 5.9.1 .
2. exposure to the action of fire, as in cooking, Arist. Pr. 928a24, Thphr. HP 7.7.2, Lap. 4,al.; ἡ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ π . boiling, Arist. Mete. 380b28; μαλακὴ π . Mnesith. ap. Ath. 8.357d .
3. proving by fire, LXX [Pro 27:21]; [1Pe 4:12], Hsch.
4. cautery, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.23.42 .
5. destruction by fire, γῆν πυρώσει ἀφανίζων J. AJ 1.11.4 .
II flame, Arist. Mete. 369b6 .
III metaph., burning desire, Sch. Ar. Pl. 975 . fever, S.E. P. 2.240: pl., feverish states, Hp. Loc.Hom. 27 .
2. inflammation, Epicur. Fr. 60; στομάχου Dsc. 2.124 .
πύρωσις pyrōsis 3x
a burning, conflagration, [Rev 18:9]; [Rev 18:18];
met. a fiery test of trying circumstances, [1Pe 4:12]
G4451 — πύρωσις
πυρώσεως, ἡ (πυρόω), a burning: [Rev 18:9], [Rev 18:18]; the burning by which metals are roasted or reduced; by a figure drawn from the refiner's fire (on which cf. [Pro 27:21]), calamities or trials that test character: [1Pe 4:12] (Tertullian adv. Gnost. 12 ne expavescatis ustionem, quae agitur in vobis in tentationem), cf. [1Pe 1:7] ((ἡ πύρωσις τῆς δοκιμασίας, 'Teaching etc. 16, 5 [ET])). (In the same and other senses by Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others.)
πύρωσις , - εως , ἡ
( < πυρόω ),
[in LXX : [Pro 27:21] (H3564), [Amo 4:9] (H7711) * ;]
1. a burning: [Rev 18:9]; [Rev 18:18].
2. a refining or trial by fire: metaph ., [1Pe 4:12]. †