Pyréssō — G4445

Definition

verb

to be on fire, i.e. (specially), to have a fever

1. to be sick with a fever

Usually translated as

be sick of a fever

Origin

from G4443

• pyrá (G4443)

Occurrences

Pyréssō occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1)

• Matthew 8:14 — And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever (πυρέσσουσαν).
• Mark 1:30 — But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever (πυρέσσουσα), and anon they tell him of her.