TR: ʼêsh → pyr (Fire)¶

The Chain¶

Hebrew OT             LXX / Greek OT        Greek NT
──────────────        ───────────────       ─────────────
אֵשׁ (ʼêsh)        →  πῦρ (pyr)          →  πῦρ (pyr)
H784, 348v            LXX co-occ: 316x      73v in NT
"fire"                PMI score: 33.23

OT Usage (Hebrew)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
H784	אֵשׁ (ʼêsh)	348 unique verses	fire, literally or figuratively

Key OT passages: - Gen 15:17 — smoking furnace and burning lamp in covenant scene. - Exod 3:2 — flame of fire from the midst of the bush. - Lev 1:7 — altar fire arranged by Aaron's sons. - Deut 4:12 — the LORD speaks out of the midst of the fire. - Amos 1:10 — fire devours the palaces of Tyrus.

[H784-esh canonical study: H784-esh.md]

LXX Bridge¶

Hebrew	Greek Translation	Co-occ	PMI	Notes
H784 ʼêsh	πῦρ (pyr) G4442	316	33.23	Primary equivalent
H784 ʼêsh	κατακαίω (katakaio) G2618	53	21.63	burn down / consume
H784 ʼêsh	καίω (kaio) G2545	38	19.50	burn / kindle
H784 ʼêsh	φλόξ (phlox) G5395	19	16.15	flame

The LXX bridge is strong and direct: H784 maps overwhelmingly to G4442 for the common noun "fire," while burn-verbs and flame nouns cover narrower contexts.

NT Usage (Greek)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
G4442	πῦρ (pyr)	73 unique verses	fire, literal or figurative

Key NT passages: - Matt 3:10-12 — fire in judgment and purification imagery. - Acts 2:3 — tongues "like as of fire." - 1 Cor 3:13 — fire tests each work. - Heb 12:29 — God described as consuming fire. - Rev 20:14-15 — lake of fire imagery.

[G4442-pyr canonical study: G4442-pyr.md]

Continuity and Shifts¶

What stays stable: The basic sense "fire" remains direct across Hebrew, LXX, and NT usage. The bridge supports literal combustion, divine presence, altar/cult contexts, and judgment imagery.

What shifts: NT usage concentrates heavily in judgment, testing, and apocalyptic scenes, while OT usage spreads more broadly across sacrifice, theophany, warfare, domestic fuel, and prophetic judgment.