UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to heat, to make fiery hot

Semantic entry: 79.72

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Hot, Lukewarm, Cold

Definition: to cause to be hot, as of fire

Sense 2: to burn, burning, to be on fire

Semantic entry: 14.63

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Burning

Definition: the process of burning

Notes: In a number of languages important distinctions are made in the use of terms for burning. For example, the burning of a substance for light, as in the case of a lamp or candle, may be indicated by a term quite different from an expression indicating the destruction or burning up of something. Similarly, the burning of wood for cooking may require still another term. The extent or size of the fire involved may also require some distinctions in terms for burning.|In a number of languages it is extremely difficult to indicate burning as means simply by a phrase such as ‘by burning.’ Normally, burning can only be referred to by means of an expression referring to fire. Accordingly, RV PE2 3:12 · LV PE2 3:12 · Read together PE2 3:12 may be rendered as ‘a great fire will destroy the sky and will cause the elements to melt’; likewise, in RV ACT 28:2 · LV ACT 28:2 · Read together ACT 28:2 one may translate ‘in the end a great fire will destroy the earth.’

Forms: πυρόομαι[a]

Sense 3: to be greatly worried, to be very distressed, to be worried and distressed

Semantic entry: 25.229

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of πυρόω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to burn,’ 14.63: καίω / 14.63: καῦσις / 14.63: καυσόω / 14.63: πυρόω / 14.63: πύρωσις) to be upset, with great concern and anxiety

Forms: πυρόομαι[b]

Sense 4: to burn with passion, to be sexually aroused

Semantic entry: 25.31

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire Strongly

Definition: to experience intense sexual desire

Forms: πυρόομαι[c]