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Lexicon :: Strong's G440 - anthrax

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ἄνθραξ
Transliteration
anthrax (Key)
Pronunciation
anth'-rax
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄνθραξ ánthrax, anth'-rax; of uncertain derivation; a live coal:—coal of fire.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G440 in the following manner: coals of fire (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G440 in the following manner: coals of fire (1x).
  1. a burning or live coal

    A proverbial expression signifying to call up, by favours you confer on your enemy, the memory in him of the wrong he has done you (which shall pain him as if live coals were heaped on his head), that he may the more readily repent. The Arabians call things that cause very acute mental pain "burning coals of the heart" and "fire of the liver".
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄνθραξ ánthrax, anth'-rax; of uncertain derivation; a live coal:—coal of fire.
STRONGS G440:
ἄνθραξ, -ακος, , coal (also, from Thucydides and Aristophanes down, a live coal), ἄνθρ. πυρός a coal of fire i. e. a burning or live coal; Romans 12:20 ἄνθρ. πυρὸς σωρεύειν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν τινος, a proverbial expression, from Proverbs 25:22, signifying to call up, by the favors you confer on your enemy, the memory in him of the wrong he has done you (which shall pain him as if live coals were heaped on his head), that he may the more readily repent. The Arabians call things that cause very acute mental pain burning coals of the heart and fire in the liver; cf. Gesenius in Rosenmüller's Biblical-exeg. Repert. i., p. 140f [or in his Thesaurus i. 280; cf. also BB. DD. under the word Coal].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
25:22
Romans
12:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G440 matches the Greek ἄνθραξ (anthrax),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12 -

Gold from that land is pure;[fn] bdellium[fn] and onyx[fn] are also there.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18 -

“the second row,

a turquoise,[fn] a lapis lazuli, and a diamond;[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11 -

the second row,

a turquoise,[fn] a lapis lazuli, and a diamond;[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 -

“Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the curtain.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 -

“Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will eliminate the heir! ’ They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 -

Smoke rose from his nostrils,

and consuming fire came from his mouth;

coals were set ablaze by it.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 -

From the radiance of his presence,

blazing coals were ignited.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 -

Smoke billows from his nostrils

as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:21 -

His breath sets coals ablaze,

and flames pour out of his mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 -

Smoke rose from his nostrils,

and consuming fire came from his mouth;

coals were set ablaze by it.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 -

From the radiance of his presence,

his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4 -

A warrior’s sharp arrows

with burning charcoal![fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:10 -

Let hot coals fall on them.

Let them be thrown into the fire,

into the abyss, never again to rise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28 -

Can a man walk on burning coals

without scorching his feet?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22 -

for you will heap burning coals on his head,

and the LORD will reward you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 -

As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,

so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 -

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw

and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,

so their roots will become like something rotten

and their blossoms will blow away like dust,

for they have rejected

the instruction of the LORD of Armies,

and they have despised

the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 -

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

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 BoxIsa 54:11 -

“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,

I will set your stones in black mortar,[fn]

and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Look, I have created the craftsman

who blows on the charcoal fire

and produces a weapon suitable for its task;

and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

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 BoxEze 10:2 -

The LORD spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with blazing coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” So he went in as I watched.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:9 -

I looked, and there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The luster of the wheels was like the gleam of beryl.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 -

“Set the empty pot on its coals

so that it becomes hot and its copper glows.

Then its impurity will melt inside it;

its corrosion will be consumed.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 -

“You were in Eden, the garden of God.

Every kind of precious stone covered you:

carnelian, topaz, and diamond,[fn]

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

lapis lazuli, turquoise[fn] and emerald.[fn]

Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;

they were prepared on the day you were created.

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