What does πυρέσσω (pyréssō) mean in the Bible?
πυρέσσω (pyréssō): Bodily fever as acute physical affliction, used in healing narratives to demonstrate Jesus' restorative power.
Greek · G4445
πυρέσσω
Be feverish
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πυρέσσωG4445
Pronunciationpyréssō
What does πυρέσσω (pyréssō) mean in the Bible?
πυρέσσω (pyréssō): Bodily fever as acute physical affliction, used in healing narratives to demonstrate Jesus' restorative power.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4445?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include with a fever (2).
Where does πυρέσσω (pyréssō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itwith a fever2×Matthew 8:14, Mark 1:30
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 8:14
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
πυρέσσουσα1xpyressousaMark 1:30
πυρέσσουσαν1xpyressousanMatthew 8:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 8:14
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular1xMark 1:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Bodily fever as acute physical affliction, used in healing narratives to demonstrate Jesus' restorative power.
Strong'sG4445
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
be feverish
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:14Verb Present Active Participle Accusative Singular Feminine
πυρέσσουσαν,puressousan
I am sick with a fever
Read verseMark 1:30Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
πυρέσσουσα,puressousa
I am sick with a fever
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms2TensesPresentVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality2×
Present ActiveMatt 8:14 · Mark 1:302×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
active1
Mood
participle1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
πυρέσσω is built from this root:
πυράG4443