What does κάμινος · πῦρ mean in the Bible?
κάμινος · πῦρ is a Greek phrase meaning "furnace of fire".
Greek · G2575, G4442
κάμινον τοῦ πυρός
A furnace · "fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
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κάμινοςG2575a furnace
Pronunciationkáminos
Furnace of intense heat used metaphorically for eschatological judgment and divine purification in Matthew and Revelation.
Open lexicon entry →πῦρG4442"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
Pronunciationpŷr
Fire as divine judgment and purification—literal destruction or testing that refines faith and character.
Open lexicon entry →What does κάμινον τοῦ πυρός (kaminon tou pyros) mean in the Bible?
κάμινος · πῦρ is a Greek phrase meaning "furnace of fire".
Full entry for κάμινον τοῦ πυρός (G2575, G4442) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2575, G4442?
G2575, G4442 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. furnace of fire
Source Gloss
furnace of fire
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Genitive · Singular · FeminineRev 9:21×
Dative · Singular · FeminineRev 1:151×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 13:42 · Matt 13:502×
Word Origins
κάμινον τοῦ πυρός is built from this root: