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Lexicon :: Strong's H784 - 'ēš

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אֵשׁ
Transliteration
'ēš
Pronunciation
aysh
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 172

Strong’s Definitions

אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 379x

The KJV translates Strong's H784 in the following manner: fire (373x), burning (1x), fiery (1x), untranslated variant (1x), fire (with H800) (1x), flaming (1x), hot (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 379x
The KJV translates Strong's H784 in the following manner: fire (373x), burning (1x), fiery (1x), untranslated variant (1x), fire (with H800) (1x), flaming (1x), hot (1x).

  1. fire

    1. fire, flames

    2. supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)

    3. fire (for cooking, roasting, parching)

    4. altar-fire

    5. God's anger (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
STRONGS H784: Abbreviations
אֵשׁ 377 noun feminineExodus 9:23 (masculineJeremiah 48:45; Psalm 104:4; **masculine is dubious: Numbers 16:18 read עָלֶיהָ for 2nd עֲלֵיהֶם (Greek Version of the LXX B); Jeremiah 20:9 see Ges§ 132 d; Jeremiah 48:45 read (many MSS., Numbers 21:23) יצאה; Psalm 104:4 read perhaps (Ol Du): לֵֹֽֽֽהטָה, or וָלָֽחַט; Job 20:26 see Ges§ 145 u (or 121 b): compare AlbrZAW xvi {1896}. 63; Feminine & masculineJeremiah 20:9; Job 20:26) fire (Assyrian išatu COTGloss, Syriac aXtxwAe  , Ethiopic አላት፡ derivatives from II. אנשׁ, أَنَسَ, sociable, friendly element (MV Wetzst in DePsalmen, ed. 4, p. 888 LagBN 68 compare انيسة, مانوسة), improbable especially in view of Assyrian; daghesh probably secondary; compare also Sta§ 189 b) — א׳ absolute Exodus 9:24 +; construct Leviticus 6:2 + (seldom); suffix אִשּׁוֺ Deuteronomy 4:36; Job 18:5; אֶשְׁכֶם Isaiah 50:11; אִשָּׁם Isaiah 66:24; —
1. fire, of conflagration, e.g. in briers, endangering or destroying crops תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה קֹצִים Exodus 22:5; compare Exodus 3:2 הַסְּנֶה בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ (both E); more often of deliberate destruction by fire, especially שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ (בָּ with qam. preton.) object golden calf Exodus 32:20 (J), other idols Deuteronomy 7:5, 25, Asherim Deuteronomy 12:3, chariots Joshua 11:6, 9; 2 Kings 23:1, house Judges 12:1; Judges 14:15, tower Judges 9:52, city-gates Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3, 13, 17, city Joshua 6:24; Judges 18:27 compare Isaiah 1:7 +; also שִׁלַּח אֵשׁ בְּ Amos 1:4, 7, 10 +; שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ † Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48 compare 2 Kings 8:12; הִצִּית אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 8:8, 19; Jeremiah 17:27 +, compare Judges 9:49; 2 Samuel 14:30, 31 (of field, compare Exodus 22:5 above)
2. of supernatural fire, attending theophany Exodus 3:2; Exodus 19:18 (both J E) Deuteronomy 4:11, 12, 15, 33, 36 +; specifically עַמּוּד (הָ)אֵשׁ Exodus 13:21, 22; Exodus 14:24 (all J E) Nehemiah 9:12, 19 compare Deuteronomy 1:33 (see מַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15, 16 P); of destructive fire from י׳ Numbers 11:1, 2, 3 (J) Numbers 26:10 (P) Leviticus 10:2 (P); compare אֹכֶלָת א׳ in simile of Yahweh's glory Exodus 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; see also 1 Kings 18:24, 38; 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:14; Job 1:16 (perhaps lightning intended), compare further of lightning Exodus 9:23, 24 (JE) Psalm 18:13; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 148:8 etc.
3. fire for cooking, roasting, parching, etc. צְלִי אֵשׁ roasted at a fire Exodus 12:8, 9 (P) compare Leviticus 2:14; 2 Chronicles 35:13; Isaiah 44:16, 19; of tinder for lighting fire Genesis 22:6, 7 (E); of fire for melting (gold for the idolatrous calf) Exodus 32:24; for refining Jeremiah 6:29, where read with Qr מֵאֵשׁ תַּם עֹפֶרֶת; compare Malachi 3:2 (simile of purifying work of messenger of cov't).
4. especially of altar-fire Leviticus 1:7 (twice in verse); Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 6:6 +; in offering incense Leviticus 10:1, also אֵשׁ זָרָה strange fire, i.e. an incense not commanded, offered presumptuously Leviticus 10:1; Numbers 3:4; Numbers 26:61; fire from י׳ consuming sacrifice (compare 2) Leviticus 9:24; 2 Chronicles 7:1, 3; of fire in child-sacrifice (usually הֶעֱבִיר בֵּן בָּאֵשׁ (לְׅ)) 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; compare 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chronicles 33:6; also שׂרף בָּא׳ 2 Kings 17:31, בער בָּא׳ 2 Chronicles 28:3.
5. figurative of Yahweh's anger Psalm 89:47 (simile) compare Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 2:4 אֵשׁ־עֶבְרָתִי Ezekiel 21:36; Ezekiel 22:31; Ezekiel 38:19, אֵשׁ־קִנְאָתִי Ezekiel 36:5; see also Isaiah 66:15; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:47 etc.; of word of י׳ Jeremiah 23:29; figurative of outbursting emotion Psalm 39:4; of flagrant wickedness Isaiah 9:17, etc:
6. in various combinations, אֵש לַפִּיד Genesis 15:17 (J) a torch of fire (compare Di); לַבַּת־אֵשׁ Exodus 3:2 flame of fire, לַהַב אֵשׁ Joel 2:5, אֵשׁ לַפִּידֵי (in simile) Daniel 10:6 compare Zechariah 12:6, לַהֲבוֺת אֵשׁ Psalm 29:7 לַהֲבֵי אֵשׁ Isaiah 66:15 compare לְהָבוֺת א׳ Psalm 105:32, לָהָבָה נֹגַהּ א׳ Isaiah 4:5 compare Hosea 7:6; שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֺ spark of his fire Job 18:5 compare כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ Job 41:11; תַּנּוּר אֵשׁ Psalm 21:10 oven of fire, כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ Zechariah 12:6; אוֺר אֵשׁ light of fire Psalm 78:14; אֵשׁ לֹהֵט flaming fire Psalm 104:4; לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24 tongue of fire, גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 1:13 coals of fire, so Ezekiel 10:2, compare רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ Songs 8:6; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 28:14, 16 see אֶבֶן; אֵשׁ דַּת [H799 Deuteronomy 33:2], literally fire of a law, or fire was a law, but דָּת law is Persian & late; read perhaps דֹת [לַפִּ] אֵשׁ compare Exodus 20:18 or דֶת [יֹקֶ] אֵשׁ compare Isaiah 65:5.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H785.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17; 22:6; 22:7

Exodus

3:2; 3:2; 3:2; 9:23; 9:23; 9:24; 9:24; 12:8; 12:9; 13:21; 13:22; 14:24; 19:18; 20:18; 22:5; 22:5; 24:17; 32:20; 32:24

Leviticus

1:7; 2:14; 6:2; 6:2; 6:3; 6:5; 6:6; 9:24; 10:1; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

3:4; 9:15; 9:16; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 16:18; 21:23; 26:10; 26:61

Deuteronomy

1:33; 4:11; 4:12; 4:15; 4:24; 4:33; 4:36; 4:36; 7:5; 7:25; 9:3; 12:3

Joshua

6:24; 8:8; 8:19; 11:6; 11:9

Judges

1:8; 9:49; 9:52; 12:1; 14:15; 18:27; 20:48

2 Samuel

14:30; 14:31

1 Kings

18:24; 18:38

2 Kings

1:10; 1:12; 1:14; 8:12; 16:3; 17:17; 17:31; 21:6; 23:1; 23:10

2 Chronicles

7:1; 7:3; 28:3; 33:6; 35:13

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:3; 2:13; 2:17; 9:12; 9:19

Job

1:16; 18:5; 18:5; 20:26; 20:26; 41:11

Psalms

18:13; 18:14; 21:10; 29:7; 39:4; 78:14; 79:5; 89:47; 89:47; 104:4; 104:4; 104:4; 105:32; 148:8

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

1:7; 4:5; 5:24; 9:17; 44:16; 44:19; 50:11; 65:5; 66:15; 66:15; 66:24

Jeremiah

6:29; 17:27; 20:9; 20:9; 23:29; 48:45; 48:45

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

1:13; 10:2; 22:31; 28:14; 28:16; 36:5; 38:19

Daniel

10:6

Hosea

7:6

Joel

2:5

Amos

1:4; 1:7; 1:10

Nahum

1:6

Zechariah

12:6; 12:6

Malachi

3:2

H784

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Strong's Number H784 matches the Hebrew אֵשׁ ('ēš),
which occurs 378 times in 348 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 7 / 7 (Eze 24:10–Mal 3:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 - Heap on wood, kindle the fire, H784 consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:12 - She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:14 - Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire H784 from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:8 - And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire H784 in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire H784 in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 - And I will set fire H784 in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire H784 of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:19 - For in my jealousy and in the fire H784 of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, H784 and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire H784 on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire H784 and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire H784 seven years:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: H784 and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, H784 and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 - For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire H784 upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:19 - O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire H784 hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:20 - The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire H784 hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:3 - A fire H784 devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire H784 that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:30 - And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, H784 and pillars of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:4 - But I will send a fire H784 into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7 - But I will send a fire H784 on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:10 - But I will send a fire H784 on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:12 - But I will send a fire H784 upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - But I will kindle a fire H784 in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:2 - But I will send a fire H784 upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:5 - But I will send a fire H784 upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 - Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire H784 in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, H784 and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:18 - And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, H784 and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 - And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, H784 and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:7 - And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, H784 and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, H784 and the rocks are thrown down by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming H784 torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:13 - Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire H784 shall devour thy bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:15 - There shall the fire H784 devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, H784 and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire H784 of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire H784 of my jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:5 - For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire H784 round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:4 - Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 - Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire H784 may devour thy cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire H784 among the wood, and like a torch of fire H784 in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, H784 and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, H784 and like fullers' soap:

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