Dictionary entry

πυρετός

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πυρετός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< πῦρ), [in LXX: De 28:22 (קדַּחַת)*;]

a fever: Mt 8:15, Mk 1:31, Lk 4:39, Jo 4:52, Ac 28:8; π. μέγας, a high fever: Lk 4:38 (on the technical phrase here, v. MM, xxii).†