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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 - Now the gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18 - and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11 - and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - “And he shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before Yahweh and [fn]two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring it inside the veil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - “And behold, the whole family has risen against your servant-woman, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they will extinguish my coal which remains, so as to [fn]leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 -

“Smoke went up [fn]out of His nostrils,

And fire from His mouth devoured;

Coals were kindled by it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 -

“From the brightness before Him

Coals of fire were kindled.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 -

“Out of its nostrils smoke goes forth

As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:21 -

“Its breath kindles coals,

And a flame goes forth from its mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 -

Smoke went up [fn]out of His nostrils,

And fire from His mouth devoured;

Coals were kindled by it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 -

From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4 -

Sharp arrows of the warrior,

With the burning coals of the broom tree.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:10 -

“May burning coals be shaken out upon them;

May He cause them to fall into the fire,

Into [fn]bottomless pits from which they can never rise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28 -

Or can a man walk on hot coals

And his feet not be scorched?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22 -

For you will [fn]heap burning coals on his head,

And Yahweh will repay you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 -

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 -

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble

And dry grass collapses into the flame,

So their root will become like rot and their blossom [fn]blow away as dust;

For they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts

And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 -

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one causes this to return to his heart, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then [fn]I make the rest of it into an abomination; [fn]I fall down before a block of wood!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 -

“Behold, they have become like stubble,

Fire burns them;

They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;

There will be no coal to warm by

Nor a fire to sit before!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 -

“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,

Behold, I will lay your stones in antimony,

And your foundations I will set in [fn]sapphires.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work;

And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - [fn]As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, [fn]like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning was [fn]flashing from the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:2 - And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the whirling wheels under the [fn]cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:9 -

Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a [fn]Tarshish stone.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 -

“Then stand it empty on its coals

So that it may be hot

And its bronze may [fn]glow

And its uncleanness may be melted in it,

Its rust brought to a complete end.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 -

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;

Every precious stone was your covering:

The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond;

The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;

The [fn]lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;

And the gold, the workmanship of your [fn]settings and [fn]sockets,

Was in you.

On the day that you were created

They were prepared.

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