What does πύρωσις (pýrōsis) mean in the Bible?
πύρωσις (pýrōsis): Trial or suffering that refines faith, not mere destruction; metaphorical purification through hardship.
Greek · G4451
πύρωσις
Burning
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πύρωσις G4451
Pronunciation pýrōsis
What does πύρωσις (pýrōsis) mean in the Bible?
πύρωσις (pýrōsis): Trial or suffering that refines faith, not mere destruction; metaphorical purification through hardship.
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How does the BSB render G4451?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the fire that consumes (2), fiery (1).
Where does πύρωσις (pýrōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Peter 4:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), 1 Peter (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 the fire that consumes 2× Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18
fiery 1× 1 Peter 4:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Peter 4:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
1 Peter 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
πυρώσεως 2x pyrōseōs Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18
πυρώσει 1x pyrōsei 1 Peter 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Trial or suffering that refines faith, not mere destruction; metaphorical purification through hardship.
Strong's G4451
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 4:12-19 Source Gloss
burning
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Trial or suffering that refines faith, not mere destruction; metaphorical purification through hardship.
(πυρόω), [in LXX: Pro.27:21 (כּוּר), Amo.4:9 (שְׁדֵפָה) * ;]
1a burning: Rev.18:9, 18.
2a refining or trial by fire: metaphorically, 1Pe.4:12.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 4:12 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πυρώσει purwsei
a burning, trial, fiery test
Read verse Revelation 18:9 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πυρώσεως purwsewv
a burning, trial, fiery test
Read verse Revelation 18:18 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πυρώσεως purwsewv
a burning, trial, fiery test
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 18:9 · Rev 18:18 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 4:12 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
burning, refining fire
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Word Origins
πύρωσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes suffering as refining rather than destructive. 1 Peter 4:12-19
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