Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 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.) Forms and Transliterations πυρωσει πυρώσει πυρωσεως πυρώσεως πύρωσις πυρωτών purosei purōsei puroseos purōseōs pyrosei pyrōsei pyrṓsei pyroseos pyrōseōs pyrṓseos pyrṓseōsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |