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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”
“fiery”
“hot”
also renders zestós (G2200), ʼăzâʼ (H228), châm (H2525)
“flaming”
also renders lâhaṭ (H3857), lahaṭ (H3858)
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Where it appears
376 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 14:12 · HRd/Ncbsa
They left their gods there; and David gave a command, and they were burned with fire.
1 Chronicles 21:26 · HRd/Ncbsa
David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
1 Kings 9:16 · HRd/Ncbsa
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
1 Kings 16:18 · HRd/Ncbsa
When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
1 Kings 18:23 · HC/Ncbsa
Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
1 Kings 18:24 · HRd/Ncbsa
You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
1 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.