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πῦρ
pŷr · Greek · Strong's G4442 · 71 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “fire”
What it means
"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
a primary word;
How the KJV renders it
fiery, fire
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
Where it appears
71 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:13 N-DSN1 Corinthians 3:15 N-GSN1 Peter 1:7 N-GSN2 Peter 3:7 N-DSN2 Thessalonians 1:8 N-DSNActs 2:3 N-GSNActs 2:19 N-ASNActs 7:30 N-GSNActs 28:5 N-ASNHebrews 1:7 N-GSNHebrews 10:27 N-GSNHebrews 11:34 N-GSNHebrews 12:18 N-DSNHebrews 12:29 N-NSNJames 3:5 N-NSNJames 3:6 N-NSNJames 5:3 N-ASNJohn 15:6 N-ASNJude 1:7 N-GSNJude 1:23 N-GSNLuke 3:9 N-ASNLuke 3:16 N-DSNLuke 3:17 N-DSNLuke 9:54 N-ASNLuke 12:49 N-ASNLuke 17:29 N-ASNLuke 22:55 N-ASNMatthew 3:10 N-ASNMatthew 3:11 N-DSNMatthew 3:12 N-DSNMatthew 5:22 N-GSNMatthew 7:19 N-ASNMatthew 13:40 N-DSNMatthew 13:42 N-GSNMatthew 13:50 N-GSNMatthew 17:15 N-ASNMatthew 18:8 N-ASNMatthew 18:9 N-GSNMatthew 25:41 N-ASNMark 9:22 N-ASNMark 9:43 N-ASNMark 9:48 N-NSNMark 9:49 N-DSNRevelation 1:14 N-GSNRevelation 2:18 N-GSNRevelation 3:18 N-GSNRevelation 4:5 N-GSNRevelation 8:5 N-GSNRevelation 8:7 N-NSNRevelation 8:8 N-DSNRevelation 9:17 N-NSNRevelation 9:18 N-GSNRevelation 10:1 N-GSNRevelation 11:5 N-NSNRevelation 13:13 N-ASNRevelation 14:10 N-DSNRevelation 14:18 N-GSNRevelation 15:2 N-DSNRevelation 16:8 N-DSNRevelation 17:16 N-DSN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.