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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `fire' (Il.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. pukawo = *πυρ-καϜοι?

Compounds: Many compp., e.g. πυρ-καϊά, Ion. -ϊή f. `fireplace, pyre' (Il.), from *πυρ-καϜ-ιά̄, compound of πῦρ and καίω ( καῦ-σαι) with ι̯ᾱ-suffix, acc. as in σποδιά, ἀνθρακιά a. o.; cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 93 w. diff. interpretation; cf. Myc. pukawo; πυρ-φόρος `fire- or torch-bearing, -bearer' (Pi.), later also πυρο-φόρος; cf. Schwyzer 440; πυρι-γενής `born, worked in fire' (E. a.o.); ἄ-πυρ-ος `untouched by fire, without fire' (Il.); on πυρ-πολέω s. πέλομαι; on πυρ-αύστης etc. s. 2. αὔω; on πυρι-ήκης s. v.

Derivatives: Many derivv. A. Subst.: 1. πῠρά n. pl. `watch-fires' (Il.), dat. πυροῖς (X.), prop. plur. of πῦρ with transition in the ο-stems and accentshift (Egli Heteroklisie 18 a. 22 f.). 2. πυρ-ά̄, Ion. -ή f. `fireplace, pyre' (IL). 3. πυρ-σός m., pl. alo - σά n. `firebrand, fire-signal' (with remarkable oxytonesis) with - σώδης `firebrand-like' (E. in lyr.), - σεύω `to ignite, to give a fire-signal' (E.; X.), - σεία, - σευτήρ, σευτής (hell.), - σίτης `fire-colour' (Philostr.). 4. πυρ-ετός m. `burning heat, fever' (Χ 31; after νιφετός? Porzig Satzinhalte 245) with πυρ-έσσω, Att. - έττω, aor. - έξαι, adj. - εκτικός; - ετιάω, - εταίνω, - ετώδης, - έτιον, - ετικός. 5. πυρ-εῖα, Ion. -ήϊα n. pl. `lighter, firesticks' (h. Merc.; not with Zumbach Neuerungen 14 from πυρή `pyre'). 6. πυρ-ία, Ion. - ίη f. `vapour-, sweating-bath etc.' (Ion., Arist.), `fishing by torchlight' (Arist.), with - ιάω `to prepare a vapour-bath, to foment, to warm' (Hp.), from which - ίαμα, - ίασις, - ιατήρ, - ιατήριον (Scheller Oxyton. 55); also - ιάτη f. `warmed animal-milk' (com.). 7. πυρ-ίδιον n. `spark' (Thphr.). 8. πυρ-ίτης m. `copper ore, ore' (Dsc., pap.), "fireman", surn. of Hephaistos (Luc.); Redard 36, 60, 245. 9. πύρ-εθρον, - ος, - ωθρον `pellitory, Anthemis pyrethrum' (because of the warming effect; Strömberg Pfl.namen 82 a. 146f.). 10. πυρ-αλ(λ)ίς s. v. 11. Πυρ-ωνία surn. of Artemis (Paus.). -- B. Adj.: 1. πυρ-ώδης `fire-like, fiery' (IA.); 2. - ινος `fiery' (Arist., Plb.); 3. - όεις `id.' (hell.), also as n. of the planet Mars (Arist., hell.); 4. on πυρρός s. v. C. Verbs: 1. πυρ-όομαι, - όω, also w. ἐκ- a.o., `to catch fire, to set on fire' (Pi., Ion. Att.; Wackernagel Unt. 124) with πύρ-ωσις ( ἐκ-, δια- a.o.) f., - ωμα, - ωτής, - ωτικός; 2. πυρ-εύω `to make fire, to kindle' (Pl.; ἐμπυρ-εύω, - ίζω from ἔμ-πυρος) with - εύς, - ευτής, - ευτικός (more in Bosshardt 83); 3. πυρ-άζω EM as explanation of 4. πυρακτέω; s.v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [828] * peh₂-ur, ph₂-uen-s̯ `fire'

Etymology: With πῦρ, πῠρ-ός agrees exactly Umbr. pir nom. acc. (from * pūr), abl. pur-e (from *pŭr-), thus, with secondary vowelenlargement, Arm. hur, gen. hr-oy (\< *pū̆r-o-) and OWNo. fūrr, fȳrr (\< PGm. * fūr-i-). The word was originally an heteroclitic r \/ n- stem and is still so inflected in Hitt. paḫḫu(u̯a)r, gen. paḫḫu̯enaš. Traces of this formation can still be seen in Germ.: Goth. fōn, gen. fun-ins as opposed to OHG fuir, fiur, Feuer; also in Arm.: hn-oç `fireplace, furnace' a opposed to hur (s. above); note also Toch. A pl. por-äṃ (= -n; combination of r and n?, v. Windekens IF 65, 249 ff.). The ablaut, which appears already from the above cited forms, is now reconstructed as a proterodynamic r\/n-neuter: IE *peh₂<sub>-</sub>ur: ph₂-u̯en-s; cf. Specht KZ 59, 283ff.), was simplified in Greek (the change in quantity is not old). -- Beside this neutral matter-indicating word for `fire' Indo-European had an as old word indicating fire as active entity in Lat. ignis, Skt. agní-, Lith. ugnìs, OCS ognь; a parallel double designation, which represents two different interpretations of nature, is found with the words for `water' (s. ὕδωρ). On this Schulze Kl. Schr. 194f., Meillet MSL 21, 249ff., Bonfante Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 33ff., Mastrelli Arch. glottol. it. 43, 1 ff. On tabuistic replacing words for `fire' Havers Sprachtabu 64ff. Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 14f., Pok. 828, W.-Hofmann s. pūrus (relation quite hypothetic and quite doubtful; s. on this with further discussion Mayrhofer s. punā́ti; also Blesse KZ 75, 195).

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `fire' (Il.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. pukawo = *πυρ-καϜοι?

Compounds: Many compp., e.g. πυρ-καϊά, Ion. -ϊή f. `fireplace, pyre' (Il.), from *πυρ-καϜ-ιά̄, compound of πῦρ and καίω ( καῦ-σαι) with ι̯ᾱ-suffix, acc. as in σποδιά, ἀνθρακιά a. o.; cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 93 w. diff. interpretation; cf. Myc. pukawo; πυρ-φόρος `fire- or torch-bearing, -bearer' (Pi.), later also πυρο-φόρος; cf. Schwyzer 440; πυρι-γενής `born, worked in fire' (E. a.o.); ἄ-πυρ-ος `untouched by fire, without fire' (Il.); on πυρ-πολέω s. πέλομαι; on πυρ-αύστης etc. s. 2. αὔω; on πυρι-ήκης s. v.

Derivatives: Many derivv. A. Subst.: 1. πῠρά n. pl. `watch-fires' (Il.), dat. πυροῖς (X.), prop. plur. of πῦρ with transition in the ο-stems and accentshift (Egli Heteroklisie 18 a. 22 f.). 2. πυρ-ά̄, Ion. -ή f. `fireplace, pyre' (IL). 3. πυρ-σός m., pl. alo - σά n. `firebrand, fire-signal' (with remarkable oxytonesis) with - σώδης `firebrand-like' (E. in lyr.), - σεύω `to ignite, to give a fire-signal' (E.; X.), - σεία, - σευτήρ, σευτής (hell.), - σίτης `fire-colour' (Philostr.). 4. πυρ-ετός m. `burning heat, fever' (Χ 31; after νιφετός? Porzig Satzinhalte 245) with πυρ-έσσω, Att. - έττω, aor. - έξαι, adj. - εκτικός; - ετιάω, - εταίνω, - ετώδης, - έτιον, - ετικός. 5. πυρ-εῖα, Ion. -ήϊα n. pl. `lighter, firesticks' (h. Merc.; not with Zumbach Neuerungen 14 from πυρή `pyre'). 6. πυρ-ία, Ion. - ίη f. `vapour-, sweating-bath etc.' (Ion., Arist.), `fishing by torchlight' (Arist.), with - ιάω `to prepare a vapour-bath, to foment, to warm' (Hp.), from which - ίαμα, - ίασις, - ιατήρ, - ιατήριον (Scheller Oxyton. 55); also - ιάτη f. `warmed animal-milk' (com.). 7. πυρ-ίδιον n. `spark' (Thphr.). 8. πυρ-ίτης m. `copper ore, ore' (Dsc., pap.), "fireman", surn. of Hephaistos (Luc.); Redard 36, 60, 245. 9. πύρ-εθρον, - ος, - ωθρον `pellitory, Anthemis pyrethrum' (because of the warming effect; Strömberg Pfl.namen 82 a. 146f.). 10. πυρ-αλ(λ)ίς s. v. 11. Πυρ-ωνία surn. of Artemis (Paus.). -- B. Adj.: 1. πυρ-ώδης `fire-like, fiery' (IA.); 2. - ινος `fiery' (Arist., Plb.); 3. - όεις `id.' (hell.), also as n. of the planet Mars (Arist., hell.); 4. on πυρρός s. v. C. Verbs: 1. πυρ-όομαι, - όω, also w. ἐκ- a.o., `to catch fire, to set on fire' (Pi., Ion. Att.; Wackernagel Unt. 124) with πύρ-ωσις ( ἐκ-, δια- a.o.) f., - ωμα, - ωτής, - ωτικός; 2. πυρ-εύω `to make fire, to kindle' (Pl.; ἐμπυρ-εύω, - ίζω from ἔμ-πυρος) with - εύς, - ευτής, - ευτικός (more in Bosshardt 83); 3. πυρ-άζω EM as explanation of 4. πυρακτέω; s.v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [828] * peh₂-ur, ph₂-uen-s̯ `fire'

Etymology: With πῦρ, πῠρ-ός agrees exactly Umbr. pir nom. acc. (from * pūr), abl. pur-e (from *pŭr-), thus, with secondary vowelenlargement, Arm. hur, gen. hr-oy (\< *pū̆r-o-) and OWNo. fūrr, fȳrr (\< PGm. * fūr-i-). The word was originally an heteroclitic r \/ n- stem and is still so inflected in Hitt. paḫḫu(u̯a)r, gen. paḫḫu̯enaš. Traces of this formation can still be seen in Germ.: Goth. fōn, gen. fun-ins as opposed to OHG fuir, fiur, Feuer; also in Arm.: hn-oç `fireplace, furnace' a opposed to hur (s. above); note also Toch. A pl. por-äṃ (= -n; combination of r and n?, v. Windekens IF 65, 249 ff.). The ablaut, which appears already from the above cited forms, is now reconstructed as a proterodynamic r\/n-neuter: IE *peh₂<sub>-</sub>ur: ph₂-u̯en-s; cf. Specht KZ 59, 283ff.), was simplified in Greek (the change in quantity is not old). -- Beside this neutral matter-indicating word for `fire' Indo-European had an as old word indicating fire as active entity in Lat. ignis, Skt. agní-, Lith. ugnìs, OCS ognь; a parallel double designation, which represents two different interpretations of nature, is found with the words for `water' (s. ὕδωρ). On this Schulze Kl. Schr. 194f., Meillet MSL 21, 249ff., Bonfante Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 33ff., Mastrelli Arch. glottol. it. 43, 1 ff. On tabuistic replacing words for `fire' Havers Sprachtabu 64ff. Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 14f., Pok. 828, W.-Hofmann s. pūrus (relation quite hypothetic and quite doubtful; s. on this with further discussion Mayrhofer s. punā́ti; also Blesse KZ 75, 195).

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πῦρ, ός, τό (Hom.+) fire

ⓐ of earthly fire, as an important element in creation Dg 7:2.—Mt 17:15; Mk 9:22; Ac 28:5; Js 5:3 (cp. 4 Macc 15:15); ITr 2:3. Melting lead 2 Cl 16:3. Necessary for forging metals Dg 2:3. Testing precious metals for purity 1 Pt 1:7; Hv 4, 3, 4; in metaphor Rv 3:18. For ἄνθρακες πυρός Ro 12:20 s. ἄνθραξ. For κάμινος (τοῦ) πυρός (Iren. 5, 5, 2 [Harv. II 332, 2) 1 Cl 45:7; 2 Cl 8:2 s. κάμινος. For βάλλειν εἰς (τὸ) π. s. βάλλω 1b.—περιάπτειν πῦρ kindle a fire Lk 22:55. κατακαίειν τι πυρί burn someth. (up) with fire, in a pass. construction Mt 13:40; τινὰ ἐν πυρὶ Rv 17:16 (v.l. without ἐν). Pass. construction 18:8. ὑπὸ πυρὸς κατακαίεσθαι MPol 5:2 (κατακαίω, end). πῦρ καιόμενον 11:2b (καίω 1a). πυρὶ καίεσθαι Hb 12:18; Rv 8:8 (καίω 1a). Fire is used in comparisons γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός Ac 2:3 (Ezek. Trag. 234 [in Eus., PE 9, 29, 14] ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ φέγγος ὡς πυρὸς ὤφθη ἡμῖν). φλὸξ πυρός a flame of fire (Ex 3:2; Is 29:6; PsSol 15:4; JosAs 14:9): ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός Rv 1:14; cp. 2:18; 19:12.—Of a Christian worker who has built poorly in the congregation it is said σωθήσεται ὡς διὰ πυρός he will be saved as if through (the) fire, i.e. like a person who must pass through a wall of fire to escape fr. a burning house (Ps.-Crates, Ep. 6 [=Malherbe p. 56] κἂν διὰ πυρός; Jos., Ant. 17, 264 διὰ τοῦ πυρός; Diod S 1, 57, 7; 8 διὰ τοῦ φλογὸς … σωθείς from a burning tent) 1 Cor 3:15 (HHollander, NTS 40, ’94, 89–104; s. σῴζω 3). Cp. Jd 23 (ἁρπάζω 2a).—Of the torture of a loyal confessor by fire IRo 5:3; ISm 4:2; MPol 2:3; 11:2a; 13:3; 15:1f; 16:1; 17:2; cp. Hb 11:34; in imagery of Rome ἀπέρχομαι εἰς κάμινον πυρός AcPl Ha 6, 20 (cp. b below).

ⓑ of fire that is heavenly in origin and nature (cp. Diod S 4, 2, 3 of the ‘fire’ of lightning, accompanying the appearance of Zeus; 16, 63, 3 τὸ θεῖον πῦρ; Just., D. 88, 3 πῦρ ἀνήφθη ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῳ [at Jesus’ baptism]. In gnostic speculation Iren. 1, 17, 1 [Harv. I 164, 14]; Hippol., Ref. 6, 9, 5.—Orig., C. Cels. 4, 13, 19): an angel appears to Moses ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς βάτου in the flame of a burning thorn-bush Ac 7:30 (s. Ex 3:2; cp. Just., A I, 62, 3 ἐν ἰδέᾳ πυρός.—PKatz, ZNW 46, ’55, 133–38). God makes τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα (cp. Ps 103:4, esp. in the v.l. [ARahlfs, Psalmi cum Odis ’31]) Hb 1:7; 1 Cl 36:3. Corresp., there burn before the heavenly throne seven λαμπάδες πυρός Rv 4:5 and the ‘strong angel’ 10:1 has πόδες ὡς στῦλοι πυρός, but both of these pass. fit equally well in a. Fire appears mostly as a means used by God to execute punishment: in the past, in the case of Sodom ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Lk 17:29 (Gen 19:24; cp. 1QH 3:31). Cp. Lk 9:54 (4 Km 1:10, 12; TestAbr A 10 p. 88, 13 [Stone p. 24, 13] ἐξ οὐρανοῦ; Jos., Ant. 9, 23 πῦρ ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ πεσόν). Quite predom. in connection w. the Last Judgment: the end of the world διʼ αἵματος καὶ πυρός Hv 4, 3, 3; cp. Ac 2:19 (Jo 3:3. Also Sib-Or 4, 173; 5, 376f); Rv 8:7. κόσμος αἴρεται ἐν πυρί AcPl Ha 2, 26; 9, 11. The Judgment Day ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται makes its appearance with fire 1 Cor 3:13a; cp. 13b (JGnilka, Ist 1 Cor 3:10–15 … Fegfeuer? ’55); 2 Pt 3:7 (on first-century cosmological views s. FDowning, L’AntCl 64, ’95, 99–109, esp. 107f). When Jesus comes again he will reveal himself w. his angels ἐν πυρὶ φλογός (cp. Sir 45:19) 2 Th 1:8. Oft. in Rv: fire is cast fr. heaven upon the earth 8:5; 13:13; 20:9 (καταβαίνω 1b). It proceeds fr. the mouths of God’s two witnesses 11:5 and fr. the mouths of plague-bringing horses 9:17f. See 16:8. For πυρὸς ζῆλος ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τ. ὑπεναντίους Hb 10:27 s. ζῆλος 1, end. ἡ χείρ μου πυρὶ ἀποπίπτει ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ my hand falls off me from (burning in) the fire GJs 20:1 (codd.).—The fire w. which God punishes sinners (cp. ApcSed 4:1 κόλασις καὶ πῦρ ἐστιν ἡ παίδευσίς σου) οὐ σβέννυται (cp. Is 66:24) Mk 9:48; 2 Cl 7:6; 17:5. Hence it is called (s. PGM 5, 147 τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἀθάνατον): (τὸ) πῦρ (τὸ) αἰώνιον (4 Macc 12:12; TestZeb 10:3; GrBar 4:16; Just., A I, 21, 6 al.; Tat. 17, 1; Theoph. Ant. 1, 14 [p. 92, 9]) Mt 18:8; 25:41; Jd 7; Dg 10:7 (opp. τὸ πῦρ τὸ πρόσκαιρον 10:8). πῦρ ἄσβεστον (ἄσβεστος 1) Mt 3:12; Mk 9:43, 45 v.l.; Lk 3:17; 2 Cl 17:7; IEph 16:2; AcPl Ha 1, 22. It burns in the γέεννα (τοῦ) πυρός (ApcEsdr 1:9 p. 25, 1 Tdf.; s. γέεννα and cp. En 10:13 τὸ χάος τοῦ πυρός) Mt 5:22; 18:9 (cp. 1QS 2:7f); Mk 9:47 v.l.; 2 Cl 5:4 (a saying of Jesus not recorded elsewhere). ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρὸς (καὶ θείου) Rv 19:20; 20:10, 14ab, 15 (cp. Jos As 12, 10 ἄβυσσον τοῦ πυρός); cp. Rv 21:8; 14:10, 18; 15:2. The fiery place of punishment as ἡ κάμινος τοῦ πυρός Mt 13:42, 50 (difft. AcPl Ha 6, 20 see at the end of a, above). τὸ πῦρ ἐστι μετʼ αὐτοῦ fire awaits that person AcPlCor 2:37. The fire of hell is also meant in certain parables and allegories, in which trees and vines represent persons worthy of punishment Mt 3:10; 7:19; Lk 3:9; J 15:6. The one whose coming was proclaimed by John the Baptist βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί; whether πῦρ in Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16 refers to reception of the Holy Spirit (esp. in Lk 3:16) or to the fire of divine judgment is debatable; for association of πῦρ with πνεῦμα s. Ac 2:3f; AcPlCor 2:13 (βαπτίζω 3b). As Lord of Judgment God is called πῦρ καταναλίσκον Hb 12:29 (Dt 4:24; 9:3.—Mesomedes calls Isis πῦρ τέλεον ἄρρητον [IAndrosIsis p. 145, 14]).—Of a different kind is the idea that fire is to be worshiped as a god (Maximus Tyr. 2, 4b of the Persians: πῦρ δέσποτα; Theosophien 14 p. 170, 11 τὸ πῦρ ἀληθῶς θεός) Dg 8:2.

ⓒ fig. (Just., D. 8, 1 πῦρ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ἀνήφθη; Chariton 2, 4, 7 πῦρ εἰς τ. ψυχήν; Ael. Aristid. 28, 110 K.=49 p. 527 D.: τὸ ἱερὸν κ. θεῖον πῦρ τὸ ἐκ Διός; Aristaen., Ep. 2, 5; PGrenf I=Coll. Alex. p. 177 ln. 15 [II B.C.] of the fire of love; Theoph. Ant. 1, 3 [p. 62, 21] of God’s wrath) ἡ γλῶσσα πῦρ Js 3:6 (s. γλῶσσα 1a). The saying of Jesus πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν Lk 12:49 seems, in the context where it is now found, to refer to the fire of discord (s. vss. 51–53). πῦρ is also taken as fig. in Agr 3, the sense of which, however, cannot be determined w. certainty (s. Unknown Sayings, 54–56) ὁ ἐγγύς μου ἐγγὺς τοῦ πυρός. ὁ δὲ μακρὰν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας (cp. ἐγγύς 3; ἐγγὺς εἶναι τοῦ πυρός as someth. dangerous also Chariton 6, 3, 9). On the difficult pass. πᾶς πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται Mk 9:49 and its variants s. ἁλίζω and cp. ἅλας b (s. also NColeman, JTS 24, 1923, 381–96, ET 48, ’37, 360–62; PHaupt, Salted with Fire: AJP 45, 1924, 242–45; AFridrichsen, Würzung durch Feuer: SymbOsl 4, 1926, 36–38; JdeZwaan, Met vuur gezouten worden, Mc 9:49: NThSt 11, 1928, 179–82; RHarris, ET 48, ’37, 185f; SEitrem, Opferritus u. Voropfer der Griechen u. Römer 1915, 309–44. JBauer, TZ 15, ’59, 446–50; HZimmermann [Mk 9:49], TQ 139, ’59, 28–39; TBaarda [Mk 9:49], NTS 5, ’59, 318–21).—B. 71; RAC VII 786–90; BHHW I 479f. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.