Words the Bible translates as burn
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 21 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- saraphשָׂרַףto burn something up: to set it on fire so that it is consumed or destroyed
- qatarקָטַרto send an offering up in smoke on an altar: to burn a sacrifice or incense so it rises to a god
- katakaiōκατακαίωto burn something up: to destroy it with fire until nothing of it is left.
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- emprēthōἐμπρήθωto burnnot studied yet
- puroōπυρόωto burnnot studied yet
- yatsatיָצַתto set on fire: to kindle a blaze that consumes something
- lahatלָהַטto blaze: to burn with open flame, and so to set something alight or burn it to nothing
- dalaqדָּלַקto blaze: to kindle a fire and let it burn hotly, and by the same picture to chase someone with burning fury
- yaqadיָקַדto burn: of a fire that is alight and keeps on burning, rather than one that consumes what it touches
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- a hearth: a burning fire, or the place it burns, from which live coals can be scooped
- yeqadיְקַדto blaze: of a fire that is alight and burning fiercely, said of the fire itself and never of what the fire destroys
- mikhvahמִכְוָהburnnot studied yet
- kausoōκαυσόωto burnnot studied yet
- kavahכָּוָהto burnnot studied yet
- delaqדְּלַקto burnnot studied yet
- zaravזָרַבto burnnot studied yet
- saraphסָרַףto burnnot studied yet
- atamעָתַםto burnnot studied yet
- tsutצוּתto burnnot studied yet
- tsaravצָרַבto burnnot studied yet
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