לָהַט

lâhaṭ · Hebrew · Strong's H3857 · 11 occurrences

The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “burn”

What it means

properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

burn, set on fire, flaming, kindle

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“burn”

also renders pyróō (G4448), kaíō (G2545), ekkaíō (G1572), dᵉlaq (H1815), chârar (H2787), yâqad (H3344), kâvâh (H3554), tsûwth (H6702), qâdach (H6919)

“kindle”

also renders háptō (G681), anáptō (G381), chârar (H2787), yâqad (H3344), qâdach (H6919)

“flaming”

also renders ʼêsh (H784), lahaṭ (H3858)

“set on fire”

also renders phlogízō (G5394)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Deuteronomy 32:22 · HC/Vpw3fs

For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

Isaiah 42:25 · HC/Vpw3fs/Sp3ms

Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”

Job 41:21 · HVpi3fs

His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.

Joel 1:19 · HVpp3fs

Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

Joel 2:3 · HVpi3fs

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

Malachi 4:1 · HC/Vpp3ms

“For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Psalm 57:4 HVqrmpaPsalm 83:14 HVpi3fsPsalm 97:3 HC/Vpi3fsPsalm 104:4 HVqrmsaPsalm 106:18 HVpi3fs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.