Words the Bible translates as flame
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- purπῦρfire: the burning flame, with all its power to warm, consume, purify, and destroy
- eshאֵשׁfire: burning flame and its heat and light, whether an ordinary blaze or the fire that marks God's presence, worship, or judgment.
- phloxφλόξa flame: the bright, leaping tongue of a burning fire, the part of a fire you can see and feel
- lehavahלֶהָבָהa flame: the leaping, visible tongue of a burning fire
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- the blade of a spear: its gleaming, flame-shaped metal head
- nurנוּרfire: a burning blaze of flame
- lappidלַפִּידa handheld torch: a kindled flame on a shaft, and the bright fiery flash it pictures
- lahavלַהַבa flame: the bright tongue of fire that leaps up off whatever is burning
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- the blade of a weapon: the cutting metal of a sword, dagger or spear, as against its handle
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
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- burning plague: a lethal, fever-like scourge that consumes a person, sent as God's judgment
- urאוּרflamenot studied yet
- shalhevetשַׁלְהֶבֶתa blazing flame: fire at full force, the strongest word Hebrew has for a flame
- sevivשְׂבִיבflamenot studied yet
- labbahלַבָּהflamenot studied yet
- lahatלַהַטflame: fire seen as a leaping, blazing tongue of light and heat
- shavivשָׁבִיבflamenot studied yet
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