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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πύρωσις
πύρωσις
G4451
Transliteration: pýrōsis
Pronunciation: poo'-ro-sis
Definition: burning
- Original: πύρωσις - Transliteration: Purosis - Phonetic: poo'-ro-sis
- Definition:
1. a burning
a. the burning by which metals are roasted and reduced
b. by a figure drawn from a refiners fire
1. calamities or trials that test the character
- Origin: from G4448" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4448 - TDNT entry: 21:51,0 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4448" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4448; ignition that is (specifically) smelting (figuratively conflagration calamity as a test): - burning trial.