(akin to which are No. 2, pura, and puretos, "a fever," Eng., "fire," etc.) is used (besides its ordinary natural significance):
Hebrews 10:2712:29Revelation 1:142:1810:115:219:12Hebrews 1:7Revelation 3:181—Corinthians 3:13,15Matthew 3:11 Acts 2:3 Luke 3:162—Thessalonians 1:8Revelation 18:8Matthew 5:2213:42,5018:8,925:41Mark 9:43,48Luke 3:17Luke 12:49James 5:3Revelation 17:16Romans 12:20James 3:6Jude 1:23FLAME.from No. 1, denotes "a heap of fuel" collected to be set on fire (hence Eng., "pyre"), Acts 28:2,3 .
Mark 14:54"fiery" (akin to A, No. 1), is translated "of fire" in Revelation 9:17 . In the Sept., Ezekiel 28:14,16 .
is translated "being on fire" (Middle Voice) in 2—Peter 3:12 . See FIERY.
"to set on fire, burn up," is used figuratively, in both Active and Passive Voices, in James 3:6 , of the tongue, firstly, of its disastrous effects upon the whole round of the circumstances of life; secondly, of satanic agency in using the tongue for this purpose.
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