πυρράζει [2 verses](verb 3rd sg pres ind act) "Is red" is pyrrazo, which is a verb that means "to be fiery red." Its root is -pyrros, which means "ed" and "flame-colored."  - "Is red" is from a Greek verb that means literally, "to be firey." It is from the base word for "fire" which, in Greek is also the base for the color, red. "Fire" is associated in Christianity with punishment, but Jesus refers both to the productive use of fire in ovens for the baking of bread and in getting rid of trash in the junk yard.