Strong's Greek #4451 - πύρωσις, εως, ἡ purósis (a burning)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance burning, trial. From puroo; ignition, i.e. (specially), smelting (figuratively, conflagration, calamity as a test) -- burning, trial. see GREEK puroo Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 4451: πύρωσιςπύρωσις, πυρώσεως, ἡ (πυρόω), a burning: Revelation 18:9, 18; the burning by which metals are roasted or reduced; by a figure drawn from the refiner's fire (on which cf. Proverbs 27:21), calamities or trials that test character: 1 Peter 4:12 (Tertullian adv. Gnost. 12 ne expavescatis ustionem, quae agitur in vobis in tentationem), cf. 1 Peter 1:7 ((ἡ πύρωσις τῆς δοκιμασίας, 'Teaching etc. 16, 5 [ET])). (In the same and other senses by Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others.)Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 4451. πύρωσις (purósis) — 3 Occurrences1 Peter 4:12 - N-DFS Revelation 18:9 - N-GFS Revelation 18:18 - N-GFS |