# fire

## Definition

Fire is the heat, light and flames that are produced when something is burned.

* Burning wood by fire turns the wood into ashes.
* Fire means not only physical flames but in Scripture it is a symbol of power.
* The final judgment of unbelievers is in the fire of hell.
* Fire can refine metals. Scripture uses this meaning to illustrate a process of refining through trials in a person's life.