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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 2 / 7 (Lev 20:14–Jos 6:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - ‘If there is a man who [fn]marries a woman and her mother, it is an outrageous sin; both he and they shall be burned with fire H784, so that there will be no such outrageous sin in your midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:9 - ‘Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died in the presence of the LORD when they offered [fn]strange fire H784 before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests [fn]in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘The Nazirite shall then shave his consecrated head of hair at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and take the consecrated hair of his head and put it on the fire H784 which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 -

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire H784 over the tabernacle until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:16 - That is how it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire H784 by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 -

Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the ears of the LORD; and the LORD heard them and His anger was kindled, and the fire H784 of the LORD burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - The people then cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire H784 [fn]died out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - So that place was named [fn]Taberah, because the fire H784 of the LORD burned among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, LORD, are in the midst of this people, because You, LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire H784 by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and put fire H784 in them, and place incense upon them in the presence of the LORD tomorrow; and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the one who is holy. [fn]You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So they took, each one his own censer, and put fire H784 on [fn]it, and placed incense on [fn]it; and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35 - Fire H784 also came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - “Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall pick up the censers from the midst of the burned area, because they are holy; and you are to scatter the [fn]burning H784 coals H784 farther away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put fire H784 in it from the altar, and place incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD, the plague has begun!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:9 - “This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire H784; every offering of theirs, namely every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering, with which they shall make restitution to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -

“For a fire H784 spread from Heshbon,

A flame from the town of Sihon;

It devoured Ar of Moab,

The [fn]dominant [fn]heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that group died, when the fire H784 devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning sign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:61 - But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered [fn]strange fire H784 before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - Then they [fn]burned all their cities where they lived and all their encampments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - everything that can [fn]withstand the fire H784, you shall pass through the fire H784, and it will be clean, only it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot [fn]withstand the fire H784 you shall pass through the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to make camp, in the fire H784 by night to show you the way by which you should go, and in the cloud by day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “You came forward and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire H784 to the heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:12 - “Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire H784; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—there was only a voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:15 -

“So be very careful [fn]yourselves, since you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire H784,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:24 - “For the LORD your God is a consuming fire H784, a jealous God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:33 - “Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire H784, as you have heard it, and survived?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - “Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth He let you see His great fire H784, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:4 - “The LORD spoke with you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire H784,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:5 - while I was standing between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD; for you were afraid because of the fire H784, and you did not go up on the mountain. [fn]He said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:22 -

“These words the LORD spoke to your whole assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire H784, from the cloud, and from the thick darkness, with a great voice, and He added nothing more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire H784, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - “You said, ‘Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire H784; we have seen today that God speaks with mankind, yet he lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:25 - ‘Now then, why should we die? For this great fire H784 will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we will die!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:26 - ‘For who is there of [fn]humanity who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire H784, as we have, and lived?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But this is what you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, smash their memorial stones, cut their [fn]Asherim to pieces, and burn their carved images in the fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:25 - “The carved images of their gods you are to burn with fire H784; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - “So be aware today that it is the LORD your God who is crossing over ahead of you as a consuming fire H784. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and eliminate them quickly, just as the LORD has spoken to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:10 - “The LORD gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire H784 on the day of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 -

“So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire H784, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - “And I took your [fn]sinful thing which you had made, the calf, and burned it in the fire H784 and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 - “Then He wrote on the tablets, like the first writing, the Ten [fn]Commandments which the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire H784 on the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “And you shall tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones to pieces, and burn their [fn]Asherim in the fire H784, and cut to pieces the carved images of their gods; and you shall eliminate their name from that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:31 - “You shall not behave this way toward the LORD your God, because every abominable act which the LORD hates, they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire H784 for their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - “Then you shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its public square, and burn the city and all its plunder with fire H784 as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a [fn]ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire H784, one who uses divination, a soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:16 - “This is in accordance with everything that you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Do not let me hear the voice of the LORD my God again, and do not let me see this great fire H784 anymore, or I will die!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 -

For a fire H784 has flared in My anger,

And it burns to the lowest part of [fn]Sheol,

And devours the earth with its yield,

And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - He said,

“The LORD came from Sinai,

And [fn]dawned on them from Seir;

He shone from Mount Paran,

And He came from the midst of myriads of [fn]holy ones;

At His right hand there was [fn]flashing lightning for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they burned the city with fire H784, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the [fn]house of the LORD.

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