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Lexicon :: Strong's H8313 - śārap̄

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שָׂרַף
Transliteration
śārap̄
Pronunciation
saw-raf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2292

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂרַף sâraph, saw-raf'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire:—(cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, × utterly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H8313 in the following manner: burn (112x), burn up (2x), kindled (1x), made (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H8313 in the following manner: burn (112x), burn up (2x), kindled (1x), made (1x), utterly (1x).
  1. to burn

    1. (Qal) to burn

    2. (Niphal) to be burned

    3. (Piel) burner, burning (participle)

    4. (Pual) to be burnt up, be burned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂרַף sâraph, saw-raf'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire:—(cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, × utterly.
STRONGS H8313: Abbreviations
שָׂרַף 117 verb burn (70 times + בָּאֵשׁ, 2 times + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ) (Late Hebrew (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian šarâpu; Aramaic שְׂרַף (rare); bdb097616 is absorb, consume); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׂ׳ Joshua 11:9 +, 3rd person feminine singular suffix שְׂרָפָ֫חַם Isaiah 47:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂרֹף Numbers 19:5 2 times, more often וַיִּשְׂרֹף Exodus 32:20 +, 2rd person masculine plural תִּשְׂרְפוּן Deuteronomy 7:5 2 times; Infinitive absolute שָׂרוֺף 2 Samuel 23:7; construct שְׂרֹף Jeremiah 36:25 +; suffix שָׂרְפוֺ Judges 9:52; Amos 2:1; Participle active שׂרֵף Leviticus 16:28; Numbers 19:8, plural שׂרְפִים 2 Kings 17:31; passive masculine plural שְׂרֻפִים Numbers 17:4 [Numbers 16:39]; feminine singular שְׂרוּפָה 1 Samuel 30:3, שְׂרֻפָה Psalm 80:17 [Psalm 80:16], plural שְׂרוּפוֺת Nehemiah 3:24 [Nehemiah 4:2], construct שְׂרֻפוֺת Isaiah 1:7; — burn (59 times + בָּאֵשׁ, 2 times + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ):
1. in making bricks, + לִשְׂרֵפָה Genesis 11:3 (J; object omitted).
2.
a. with accusative of thing, usually to destroy, e.g. door Judges 9:52, house Judges 12:1; 1 Kings 16:18 (both with עַל person), Jeremiah 39:8 11 times, compare passive participle Nehemiah 3:24, city Joshua 6:24; 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:14 16 times, compare passive participle 1 Samuel 30:3; Isaiah 1:7, chariots Joshua 11:6, Joshua 11:9; 2 Kings 23:11; Psalm 46:10 [Psalm 46:9] (subject י׳), idols, etc., Exodus 32:20 (accusative omitted), Deuteronomy 9:21 10 times, roll † Jeremiah 36:25, Jeremiah 36:27, Jeremiah 36:28, Jeremiah 36:29, Jeremiah 36:32, wood † Isaiah 44:16, Isaiah 44:19 (both + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ), compare Psalm 80:17 [Psalm 80:16] (figurative), Jeremiah 51:32, hair † Ezekiel 5:4; bones, to lime (as outrage) † Amos 2:1; upon altars (in desecration) † 1 Kings 13:2; 1Ki 23:16 [2 Kings 23:16]; 1Ki 23:20 [2 Kings 23:20] 2 Chronicles 34:5; bodies, as funeral rite 1 Samuel 31:12 (rare custom, RSSemitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; but Klo Bu read יִשְׂפְּדוּ [= יִס׳]; compare BenzArchaeology 163; Ency. Bib. DEAD NowArchaeology i. 188); שׂ׳ as funeral rite also (object omitted, probably spices, compare 2 Chronicles 16:14), with ל person dead Jeremiah 34:5, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׂרֵפָה 2 Chronicles 16:14 (compare שְׂרֵפָה); in ceremonial of P (never of burning sacrifice on altar, הִקְטִיר, compare הֶעְֶלֶה, but) chiefly (14 times) of consuming refuse, especially unused portions of victims, etc. (to prevent use), and infected objects, Exodus 29:14, Exodus 29:34 +, sometimes מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Leviticus 4:12 (+ עַעֵָֿצִים), Leviticus 4:21 4 times, etc., compare Ezekiel 43:21; also of burning red heifer (to produce ashes for purification) Numbers 19:5 (twice in verse); Numbers 19:8.
† b. burn, with accusative of person,
(1) as penalty Joshua 7:25 (JE), Judges 14:15; Judges 15:6; Leviticus 20:14, compare Numbers 17:4 [Numbers 16:39] (passive participle), so, אֵשׁ subject, Isaiah 47:14, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׂרֵפָה Leviticus 10:6 (P);
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׂרֵף Joshua 7:15 +, 3rd person feminine plural תִּשָּׂרַפְנָה Proverbs 6:27, etc.; — be burned (11 times + בָּאֵשׁ): of city Jeremiah 38:17 + Jeremiah 38:23 (read תִּשָּׂרֵף for תִּשְׂרֹף Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Hi Ew Gf Gie Du), idols, etc., Micah 1:7; 1 Chronicles 14:12; ritually (compare Qal 2 a near the end) Leviticus 4:12; Leviticus 6:23 [Leviticus 6:30]; Leviticus 7:17, Leviticus 7:19; Leviticus 13:52; Leviticus 19:6; of person, as penalty Genesis 38:24 (J), Joshua 7:15 (JE), 2 Samuel 23:7 (poetry), Leviticus 21:9 (H).
Pi. Participle suffix מְסָֽרְפוֺ [H5635 Amos 6:10] his burner, usually one burning him, but probably burning spices for him, see Dr and compare Qal above.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֹׂרָ֑ף, of goat Leviticus 10:16 it was burnt up (and gone).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 38:24

Exodus

29:14; 29:34; 32:20; 32:20

Leviticus

4:12; 4:12; 4:21; 6:30; 7:17; 7:19; 10:6; 10:16; 13:52; 16:28; 19:6; 20:14; 21:9

Numbers

16:39; 16:39; 19:5; 19:5; 19:8; 19:8

Deuteronomy

7:5; 9:21; 12:31

Joshua

6:24; 7:15; 7:15; 7:25; 11:6; 11:9; 11:9

Judges

9:52; 9:52; 12:1; 14:15; 15:6

1 Samuel

30:1; 30:3; 30:3; 30:14; 31:12

2 Samuel

23:7; 23:7

1 Kings

13:2; 16:18

2 Kings

17:31; 17:31; 23:11; 23:16; 23:20

1 Chronicles

14:12

2 Chronicles

16:14; 16:14; 34:5

Nehemiah

3:24; 4:2

Psalms

46:9; 80:16; 80:16

Proverbs

6:27

Isaiah

1:7; 1:7; 44:16; 44:19; 47:14; 47:14

Jeremiah

7:31; 19:5; 34:5; 36:25; 36:25; 36:27; 36:28; 36:29; 36:32; 38:17; 38:23; 39:8; 51:32

Ezekiel

5:4; 43:21

Amos

2:1; 2:1

Micah

1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8313 matches the Hebrew שָׂרַף (śārap̄),
which occurs 117 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 31:12–Jer 51:32)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 -

all their brave men set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 -

The man who touches them

must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear.

They will be completely burned up on the spot.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 -

Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He then burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 -

The man of God cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD: “Altar, altar, this is what the LORD says, ‘A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 -

He also removed his grandmother[fn] Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 -

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down over himself. He died

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 -

They brought out the pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:31 -

the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiah and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the LORD’s sanctuary all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the stars in the sky. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 -

He brought out the Asherah pole from the LORD’s temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley, beat it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 -

He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the LORD’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 -

He even tore down the altar at Bethel and the high place that had been made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 -

As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar. He defiled it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God[fn] who proclaimed these things.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 -

He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of those high places, and he burned human bones on the altars. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 -

He burned the LORD’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:12 -

The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 -

King Asa also removed Maacah, his grandmother,[fn] from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image, then crushed it and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 -

He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5 -

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 -

Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 -

before his colleagues and the powerful men[fn] of Samaria and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 -

He makes wars cease throughout the earth.

He shatters bows and cuts spears to pieces;

he sets wagons ablaze.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 -

They said in their hearts,

“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”

They burned every place throughout the land

where God met with us.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:16 -

It was cut down and burned;

they[fn] perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 -

Can a man embrace fire

and his clothes not be burned?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 -

Your land is desolate,

your cities burned down;

foreigners devour your fields

right in front of you —

a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 -

He burns half of it in a fire,

and he roasts meat on that half.

He eats the roast and is satisfied.

He warms himself and says, “Ah!

I am warm, I see the blaze.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 -

No one comes to his senses;[fn]

no one has the perception or insight to say,

“I burned half of it in the fire,

I also baked bread on its coals,

I roasted meat and ate.

Should I make something detestable with the rest of it?

Should I bow down to a block of wood? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 -

“Look, they are like stubble;

fire burns them.

They cannot rescue themselves

from the power of the flame.

This is not a coal for warming themselves,

or a fire to sit beside!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 -

“They have built the high places of Topheth[fn] in Ben Hinnom Valley[fn] in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 -

“They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10 -

“For I have set my face against this city to bring disaster and not good ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will burn it.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 -

“The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire. They will burn it, including the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to anger me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 -

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Go, speak to King Zedekiah of Judah, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 -

“you will die peacefully. There will be a burning ceremony for you just like the burning ceremonies for your ancestors, the kings of old who came before you. “Oh, master! ” will be the lament for you, for I have spoken this word. This is the LORD’s declaration.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 -

“I am about to give the command ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it. I will make Judah’s cities a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:25 -

Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah had urged the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27 -

After the king had burned the scroll and the words Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation,[fn] the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:28 -

“Take another scroll, and once again write on it the original words that were on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 -

“You are to proclaim concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll, asking, “Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without people or animals? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 -

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation[fn] all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim, Judah’s king, had burned in the fire. And many other words like them were added.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 -

“The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 -

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you, and there remained among them only the badly wounded[fn] men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 -

Jeremiah therefore said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If indeed you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned, and you and your household will survive.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 -

“But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you yourself will not escape from them.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 -

All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. You yourself will not escape from them, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon and this city will burn.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 -

The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 -

“I[fn] will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods, and he will burn them and take them captive. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off[fn] his clothes, and he will leave there unscathed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 -

“He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple[fn][fn] in the land of Egypt and burn the temples of the Egyptian gods.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 -

The fords have been seized,

the marshes set on fire,

and the fighting men are terrified.


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