Pyretos means “fever” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4446 — meleketh (“queen”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4446 πυρετός (puretos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. puretos (poo-ret-os') n. 1. inflamed 2. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever) It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include fever. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
puretos (poo-ret-os') n. 1. inflamed 2. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever) [from G4445] KJV: fever Root(s): G4445
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4446. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
fever
Usage: πυρετός, -οῦ, ὁ (πῦρ) [in LXX: Deu.28:22 (קַדַּחַת) * ;] a fever: Mat.8:15, Mrk.1:31, Luk.4:39, Jhn.4:52, Act.28:8; π. μέγας, a high fever: Luk.4:38 (on the technical phrase here, see MM, xxii).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render puretos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4446 (πυρετός) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4446.
The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4446, grouped by book.
Pyretos (Strong's G4446) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fever". puretos (poo-ret-os') n. 1. inflamed 2. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever)
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G4446 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4446 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fever. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4446, with linked reader references where each row is available.