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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4446. πυρετός (puretos) -- Fever</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4446.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/ephesians/2-10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4446.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4446</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4445.htm" title="4445">◄</a> 4446. puretos <a href="../greek/4447.htm" title="4447">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">puretos: Fever</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πυρετός</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>puretos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>pyoo-ret-os'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(poo-ret-os')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Fever<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a fever, scorching heat.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word πῦρ (pur), meaning "fire."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "puretos," the concept of fever as an ailment can be related to general terms for sickness or affliction, such as חֹלִי (choli, Strong's H2483) meaning "sickness" or "disease."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "puretos" refers to a fever, a common ailment characterized by an elevated body temperature. In the New Testament, it is used to describe physical illness that Jesus and His disciples encountered and healed.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, fever was often seen as a serious condition due to the lack of modern medical treatments. It was sometimes considered a symptom of divine displeasure or spiritual affliction. Healing a fever was seen as a significant act of divine intervention, demonstrating authority over physical ailments.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4442.htm">pur</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a fever<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>fever (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4446: πυρετός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πυρετός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πυρετου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">πῦρ</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">fiery heat</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 22, 31 (but interpreters now give it the sense of 'fever' in this passage; cf. Ebeling, Lex. <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> under the word; <span class="abbreviation">Schmidt</span>, Syn., chapter 60 § 14)). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">fever</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-15.htm">Matthew 8:15</a>; Marki. 31; <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-39.htm">Luke 4:39</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/4-52.htm">John 4:52</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-8.htm">Acts 28:8</a>, (<span class="abbreviation">Hippocrates</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, and following; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a>); <span class="greek2">πυρετῷ</span> <span class="greek2">μεγάλῳ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/4-38.htm">Luke 4:38</a> (as <span class="abbreviation">Galen</span> de diff. feb. 1, 1 says <span class="greek2">συνηθες</span> <span class="greek2">τοῖς</span> <span class="greek2">ἰατροῖς</span> <span class="greek2">ὀνομάζειν</span> ... <span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">μέγαν</span> <span class="greek2">τέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">μικρόν</span> <span class="greek2">πυρετον</span>; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Wetstein</span> on Luke, the passage cited)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>fever. <p>From <a href="/greek/4445.htm">puresso</a>; inflamed, i.e. (by implication) feverish (as noun, fever) -- fever. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4445.htm">puresso</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πυρετοις πυρετοίς πυρετοῖς πυρετος πυρετός πυρετω πυρετώ πυρετῷ πυρίκαυστοι πυρίκαυστος pureto puretō puretois puretos pyreto pyretō pyretôi pyretō̂i pyretois pyretoîs pyretos pyretós<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτὴν ὁ <b>πυρετός</b> καὶ ἠγέρθη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her hand, <span class="itali">and the fever</span> left<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hand, and <span class="itali">the fever</span> left her:<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> her the <span class="itali">fever</span> and she arose<p><b><a href="/text/mark/1-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 1:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτὴν ὁ <b>πυρετός</b> καὶ διηκόνει</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her by the hand, <span class="itali">and the fever</span> left<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and immediately <span class="itali">the fever</span> left her,<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/1-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> her the <span class="itali">fever</span> and she ministered<p><b><a href="/text/luke/4-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 4:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἦν συνεχομένη <b>πυρετῷ</b> μεγάλῳ καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from a high <span class="itali">fever,</span> and they asked<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a great <span class="itali">fever;</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/4-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was oppressed with <span class="itali">a fever</span> great and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/4-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 4:39</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπετίμησεν τῷ <b>πυρετῷ</b> καὶ ἀφῆκεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her, He rebuked <span class="itali">the fever,</span> and it left<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and rebuked <span class="itali">the fever;</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/4-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he rebuked the <span class="itali">fever</span> and it left<p><b><a href="/text/john/4-52.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 4:52</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτὸν ὁ <b>πυρετός</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> hour <span class="itali">the fever</span> left<br><a href="/kjvs/john/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hour <span class="itali">the fever</span> left<br><a href="/interlinear/john/4-52.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> him the <span class="itali">fever</span><p><b><a href="/text/acts/28-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 28:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τοῦ Ποπλίου <b>πυρετοῖς</b> καὶ δυσεντερίῳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [in bed] afflicted <span class="itali">with [recurrent] fever</span> and dysentery;<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sick of <span class="itali">a fever</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Publius <span class="itali">fevers</span> and dysentery<p><b><a href="/greek/4446.htm">Strong's Greek 4446</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4446.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/pureto__4446.htm">πυρετῷ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/puretois_4446.htm">πυρετοῖς — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/puretos_4446.htm">πυρετός — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4445.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4445"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4445" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4447.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4447"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4447" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>