G4451

πύρωσις

pyrōsis

Feminine noun · From πυρόω (G4448)

From G4448; ignition, i.e. (specially), smelting (figuratively, conflagration, calamity as a test):—burning, trial.

Outline

a burning

the burning by which metals are roasted and reduced
by a figure drawn from a refiners fire

calamities or trials that test the character

Usages

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Precepts

2 Esdras 7:57-58

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Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

Breakdown

see the smoke of her burning The destruction of America will be televised.

Precepts

Ezekiel 28:19

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Revelation 18:18

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

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