אֵשׁ

ʼêsh · Hebrew · Strong's H784 · 376 occurrences

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

What it means

fire (literally or figuratively)

a primitive word;

How the KJV renders it

burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot

Where that flattens a distinction

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

“burning”

also renders pýrōsis (G4451), yᵉqad (H3345), yᵉqêdâʼ (H3346), yᵉqôwd (H3350), kᵉvîyâh (H3555), môwqêd (H4168), môwqᵉdâh (H4169), tsârebeth (H6867), sᵉrêphâh (H8316)

“fire”

also renders pŷr (G4442), phōs (G5457), pyrá (G4443), ʼûwr (H217), nûwr (H5135)

“fiery”

also renders pyróō (G4448), pŷr (G4442), nûwr (H5135), sârâph (H8314)

“hot”

also renders zestós (G2200), ʼăzâʼ (H228), châm (H2525)

“flaming”

also renders lâhaṭ (H3857), lahaṭ (H3858)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

376 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 14:12 HRd/Ncbsa1 Chronicles 21:26 HRd/Ncbsa1 Kings 9:16 HRd/Ncbsa1 Kings 16:18 HRd/Ncbsa1 Kings 18:23 HC/Ncbsa1 Kings 18:24 HRd/Ncbsa1 Kings 18:25 HC/Ncbsa1 Kings 18:38 HNcbsc1 Kings 19:12 HNcbsa1 Samuel 30:1 HRd/Ncbsa1 Samuel 30:3 HRd/Ncbsa1 Samuel 30:14 HRd/Ncbsa2 Chronicles 7:1 HC/Td/Ncbsa2 Chronicles 7:3 HTd/Ncbsa2 Chronicles 28:3 HRd/Ncbsa2 Chronicles 33:6 HRd/Ncbsa2 Chronicles 35:13 HRd/Ncbsa2 Chronicles 36:19 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 1:10 HNcbsa2 Kings 1:12 HNcbsa2 Kings 1:14 HNcbsa2 Kings 2:11 HNcbsa2 Kings 6:17 HNcbsa2 Kings 8:12 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 16:3 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 17:17 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 17:31 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 19:18 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 21:6 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 23:10 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 23:11 HRd/Ncbsa2 Kings 25:9 HRd/Ncbsa2 Samuel 14:30 HRd/Ncbsa2 Samuel 14:31 HRd/Ncbsa2 Samuel 22:9 HC/Ncbsa2 Samuel 22:13 HNcbsa2 Samuel 23:7 HC/Rd/NcbsaAmos 1:4 HNcbsaAmos 1:7 HNcbsaAmos 1:10 HNcbsaAmos 1:12 HNcbsaAmos 1:14 HNcbsaAmos 2:2 HNcbsaAmos 2:5 HNcbsaAmos 5:6 HRd/NcbsaAmos 7:4 HRd/NcbsaDaniel 10:6 HNcbsaDeuteronomy 1:33 HRd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 4:11 HRd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 4:12 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 4:15 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 4:24 HNcbsaDeuteronomy 4:33 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 4:36 HNcbsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 5:4 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 5:5 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 5:22 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 5:23 HRd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 5:24 HTd/NcbsaDeuteronomy 5:25 HTd/Ncbsa

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.