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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πυρέσσω G4445
Pronunciation pyréssō
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 It with a fever 2× 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 row Matthew 8:14
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
πυρέσσουσα 1x pyressousa Mark 1:30
πυρέσσουσαν 1x pyressousan Matthew 8:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 8:14
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 1:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Bodily fever as acute physical affliction, used in healing narratives to demonstrate Jesus' restorative power.
Strong's G4445
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
be feverish
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 8:14 Verb Present Active Participle Accusative Singular Feminine
πυρέσσουσαν, puressousan
I am sick with a fever
Read verse Mark 1:30 Verb 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 groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Matt 8:14 · Mark 1:30 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
participle 1
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:
πυρά G4443
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain