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 17:1618:8; καίεσθαι πυρί, He 12:18, Re 8:821:8; φλὸξ πυρός, Ac 7:30, II Th 1:8, He 1:7, Re 1:142:1819:12; 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 18:825:41 (cf. IV Mac 12:12); ἄσβεστον, Mk 9:43; πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχειν, Ju 7; γέεννα τοῦ π., Mt 5:2218:9; κάμινος τοῦ π., Mt 13:42, 50; ἡ λίμνη τοῦ π., Re 19:2020:10, 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).