STRONGS G4451:
πύρωσις,
πυρώσεως,
ἡ (
πυρόω),
a burning:
Revelation 18:9,
18; the burning by which metals are roasted or reduced; by a figure drawn from the refiner's fire (on which cf.
Proverbs 27:21), calamities or trials that test character:
1 Peter 4:12 (
Tertullian adv. Gnost. 12 ne expavescatis ustionem, quae agitur in vobis in tentationem), cf.
1 Peter 1:7 ((
ἡ πύρωσις τῆς δοκιμασίας, '
Teaching etc. 16, 5 [ET])). (In the same and other senses by
Aristotle,
Theophrastus,
Plutarch, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Proverbs
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27:21
- 1 Peter
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1:7; 4:12
- Revelation
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18:9; 18:18