Words the Bible translates as kindle
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.
- 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
- haptōἅπτωto kindle: to set a lamp or fire alight
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- to reach out and lay hold of a person or thing: purposeful physical contact, not an accidental brush
- orאוֹרto shine or give light: for light to break out, or for something to send light out onto what was dark
- yatsatיָצַתto set on fire: to kindle a blaze that consumes something
- pu'aḥפּוּחַto blow or breathe: to send air moving, whether a breeze wafting coolness and scent, the stoking of a fire, or a scornful snort
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- a witness: one who gives testimony in a dispute, whether a truthful witness or a lying one
- naphaḥנָפַחto blow: to force air out through the mouth, or through a bellows, on purpose and with effect
- lahatלָהַטto blaze: to burn with open flame, and so to set something alight or burn it to nothing
- ḥararחָרַרto burn dry: to be scorched, charred, or parched by fire or heat
- phlogizōφλογίζωto kindlenot studied yet
- 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
- qadaḥקָדַחto kindlenot studied yet
- nasaqשָׂלַקto kindlenot studied yet
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