pyroō · burn

What it means

pyroō (πυρόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “burn”.

Be on fire; also burn with desire, or burn with distress.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To burn, be ablaze.
2. Be inflamed inside: with desire or with grief.
3. Purified in the fire, like metal.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• burn ×2
• refined ×2
• flaming ×1
• set on fire ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Revelation×2

• 1 Corinthians 7:9

  But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

• 2 Corinthians 11:29

  Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?

• Ephesians 6:16

  in all things taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one;

• 2 Peter 3:12

  waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements, burning, will melt?

• Revelation 1:15

  and his feet were like burnished bronze, as if refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.

• Revelation 3:18

  I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed, and salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.