Lexical Definition

‎πῦρ‎ pŷr (poor) fire ^G:N-N
a primary word

fiery, fire.

• "fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)

Abbott-Smith

πῦρ, gen., πυρός, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very freq. for אֵשׁ;]
fire: Mk 9:22, Lk 3:9, Jo 15:6, Ac 2:19, I Co 3:13, Ja 3:5, Re 8:5, al; π. καὶ θεῖον, Lk 17:29; κατακαίειν (ἐν) π., Mt 13:40, Re 17:16 18:8; καίεσθαι πυρί, He 12:18, Re 8:8 21:8; φλὸξ πυρός, Ac 7:30, II Th 1:8, He 1:7, Re 1:14 2:18 19:12; λαμπάδες πυρός, Re 4:5; στῦλοι πυρός, Re 10:1; ἄνθρακες πυρός, Ro 12:20(LXX); γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, Ac 2:3; δοκιμάζειν (πυροῦσθαι) διὰ πυρός, I Pe 1:7, Re 3:18; ὡς διὰ. π. (Lft., Notes, 193), I Co 3:15. Of the fire of hell (cf. Dalman, Words,161): Mk 9:48(LXX); τὸ π. τὸ αἰώνιον, Mt 18:8 25:41 (cf. IV Mac 12:12); ἄσβεστον, Mk 9:43; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Ju 7; γέεννα τοῦ π., Mt 5:22 18:9; κάμινος τοῦ π., Mt 13:42, 50; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π., Re 19:20 20:10, 14, 15; πυρὶ τηρεῖσθαι, II Pe 3:7; βασανισθῆναι ἐν π., Re 14:10. Metaph.: βαπτίζειν πυρί, Mt 3:11, Lk 3:16; of the tongue, Ja 3:5; of strife and discord, Lk 12:49; ἐκ π. ἁρπάζειν, Ju 23; πυρὶ ἁλίζεσθαι, Mk 9:49; ζῆλος πυρός, He 10:27; of God, π. καταναλίσκον, He 12:29(LXX).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πῦρ

(once πύυρ [?\~X ¯ ?\~X] by 'distraction', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry).; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [πῦρ βοᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 208. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.
__2 funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 hearthfire, πυρὸς ἐσχάραι [πῦρ ἐφ᾽ ἑστίας ἐμῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1435; πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 47 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__5 lightning, κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός [πῦρ πνέοντος κεραυνοῦ [prev. author] “fragment” 146; πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1044 (\_anapaest meter\_); πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 470 (\_anapaest meter\_); παλτῷ ῥιπτεῖ πυρί [prev. author] “Ant.” 131 (\_anapaest meter\_); θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής [prev. author] “Ph.” 728 (Lyric poetry). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5.b fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π., opposed to χειμών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; summer solstice, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
__6 flame of torches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7 fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ.. [Refs]; of Hannibal, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Armenian hur, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] fyr 'fire', etc.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.3.15}