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Lexicon :: Strong's H3940 - lapîḏ

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לַפִּיד
Transliteration
lapîḏ
Pronunciation
lap-peed'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to shine
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1122a

Strong’s Definitions

לַפִּיד lappîyd, lap-peed'; or לַפִּד lappid; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame:—(fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3940 in the following manner: lamp (7x), firebrand (2x), torch (2x), brand (1x), lightning (1x), burning (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3940 in the following manner: lamp (7x), firebrand (2x), torch (2x), brand (1x), lightning (1x), burning (1x).
  1. torch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַפִּיד lappîyd, lap-peed'; or לַפִּד lappid; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame:—(fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
STRONGS H3940: Abbreviations
לַפִּיד noun masculineJudges 15:4 torch (Late Hebrew id.); — ל׳ absolute Judges 15:4; Isaiah 62:1; construct Genesis 15:17; Zechariah 12:6; plural לַפִּידִים Judges 15:5 + 2 times, לַפִּידִם Exodus 20:18, לַפִּדים Judges 7:16 + 3 times; construct לַפִּידֵי Daniel 10:6: — torch, Judges 7:16, 20; Judges 15:4 (twice in verse); Judges 15:5 (kindled, הִבְעִיר אֵשׁ בְּ׳); אֵשׁ לַפִּיד Genesis 15:17 (+ עָשָׁן, תַּנּוּר; J E), Zechariah 12:6 (simile of conquering power of [chiefs of] Judah; || כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ), אֵשׁ לַפִּידֵי Daniel 10:6 (simile of eyes of angel in vision; || וּפָנָיו כְּמַרְאֵה בָרָק); simile of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Nahum 2:15 (|| בְּרָקִים); ל׳ of lightning-flashes Exodus 20:18 (E; + קוֺלֹת thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Job 41:11 (|| כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ); of flame between cherubim Ezekiel 1:13 (|| גַּחֲלֵיֿ אֵשׁ, אֵשׁ); simile of Zion's glorious deliverance Isaiah 62:1 (|| נֹגַהּ). — לַפִּיד Job 12:5 see H6365 פִּיד.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17; 15:17

Exodus

20:18; 20:18

Judges

7:16; 7:16; 7:20; 15:4; 15:4; 15:4; 15:5; 15:5

Job

12:5; 41:11

Isaiah

62:1; 62:1

Ezekiel

1:13

Daniel

10:6; 10:6

Zechariah

12:6; 12:6

H3940

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3940 matches the Hebrew לַפִּיד (lapîḏ),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 -

When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 -

All the people witnessed[fn] the thunder and lightning, the sound of the ram’s horn, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it[fn] they trembled and stood at a distance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 -

Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each of the men a ram’s horn in one hand and an empty pitcher with a torch inside it in the other hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 -

The three companies blew their rams’ horns and shattered their pitchers. They held their torches in their left hands and their rams’ horns to blow in their right hands, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 -

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 -

Then he ignited the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned the piles of grain and the standing grain as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 -

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt

and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 -

Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;

fiery sparks fly out!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 -

I will not keep silent because of Zion,

and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,

until her righteousness shines like a bright light

and her salvation, like a flaming torch.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 -

The likeness of the living creatures was like the appearance of blazing coals of fire or like torches. Fire was moving back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, with lightning coming out of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 -

His body was like beryl,[fn] his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 -

The chariots dash madly through the streets;

they rush around in the plazas.

They look like torches;

they dart back and forth like lightning.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 -

“On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.

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