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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, ὁ, 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12 - (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[fn] and onyx are also there.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18 - the second row shall be turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11 - the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:20 - Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:21 - Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 - Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:12 - Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4 - He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:10 - May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28 - Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22 - In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, “Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. These are not coals for warmth; this is not a fire to sit by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[fn] your foundations with lapis lazuli.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:2 - The LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:9 - I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like topaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 - Then set the empty pot on the coals till it becomes hot and its copper glows, so that its impurities may be melted and its deposit burned away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[fn] Your settings and mountings[fn] were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
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