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πῦρ?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: pȳr

Principal Part: πῦρ πυρός

Structure: πυρ (Stem)

Etym.: not used in pl.

Sense

  1. a fire, a funerary fire
  2. a sacrificial fire

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωπος τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. δεῦτε πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθους καὶ ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰς πυρί. καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς ἡ πλίνθος εἰς λίθον, καὶ ἄσφαλτος ἦν αὐτοῖς ὁ πηλός. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:3)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ ἥλιος ἐγένετο πρὸς δυσμάς, φλὸξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίβανος καπνιζόμενος καὶ λαμπάδες πυρός, αἳ διῆλθον ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτομημάτων τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:17)
  • καὶ Κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα θεῖον, καὶ πῦρ παρὰ Κυρίου ἐξ οὐρανοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:24)
  • ἔλαβε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ τὰ ξύλα τῆς ὁλοκαρπώσεως καὶ ἐπέθηκεν Ἰσαὰκ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. ἔλαβε δὲ μετὰ χεῖρας καὶ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ δύο ἅμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:6)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ πρὸς Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. πάτερ. ὁ δὲ εἶπε. τί ἐστι, τέκνον; εἶπε δέ. ἰδοὺ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὰ ξύλα. ποῦ ἐστι τὸ πρόβατον τὸ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν; (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:7)
  • ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ Κύριος ἔδωκε φωνὰς καὶ χάλαζαν, καὶ διέτρεχε τὸ πῦρ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:23)
  • ἦν δὲ ἡ χάλαζα καὶ τὸ πῦρ φλογίζον ἐν τῇ χαλάζῃ. ἡ δὲ χάλαζα πολλὴ σφόδρα, ἥτις τοιαύτη οὐ γέγονεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας γεγένηται ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς ἔθνος. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:24)

Synonyms

  1. a fire

  2. a sacrificial fire

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