πῦρ
pur
fire
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word πῦρ (pur) is a fundamental concept in the biblical lexicon, representing the element of fire. With 75 occurrences in the Bible, it plays a significant role in various contexts. As a primary symbol of light and darkness, πῦρ signifies the presence of heat, flame, or burning, which can be both creative and destructive. The breadth of πῦρ's usage is evident in its application to both physical and metaphorical realms. It can describe literal fires, such as those used for cooking or as a means of punishment, as well as figurative fires, like the passion of the soul or the burning of desires. This versatility underscores the multifaceted nature of fire as a universal and powerful force. The significance of πῦρ in the biblical narrative is substantial, reflecting its dual role as a source of both life-giving warmth and destructive power. Its appearance often marks pivotal moments, such as the burning bush, the fiery furnace, or the consuming fire of God's presence. Through πῦρ, the Bible conveys the dynamic interplay between creation and destruction, highlighting the transformative potential of fire as a symbol of both divine and human experience.
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Occurrences in Scripture
75 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 5:22But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
Matthew 7:19Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 13:40As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
Matthew 13:42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 17:15“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
Matthew 18:8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
Matthew 18:9If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
Matthew 25:41Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
Mark 9:22Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”
Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
Mark 9:44‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:45If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—
Mark 9:46‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:47If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
Mark 9:48‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:49For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
Luke 3:9Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.”
Luke 3:16John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
Luke 3:17whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 9:54When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”
Luke 12:49“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
Luke 17:29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all.
Luke 22:55When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
John 15:6If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Acts 2:3Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.
Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
Acts 7:30“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts 28:5However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn’t harmed.
Romans 12:20Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
1 Corinthians 3:13each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
1 Corinthians 3:13each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
1 Corinthians 3:15If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
2 Thessalonians 1:8punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
Hebrews 1:7Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire.”
Hebrews 10:27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
Hebrews 11:34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
Hebrews 12:29for our God is a consuming fire.
James 3:5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
James 5:3Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
1 Peter 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
2 Peter 3:7But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Jude 1:23and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
Revelation 1:14His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.