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Lexicon :: Strong's H3851 - lahaḇ

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לַהַב
Transliteration
lahaḇ
Pronunciation
lah'-hav
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to gleam
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1077,1077a

Strong’s Definitions

לַהַב lahab, lah'-hab; from an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon:—blade, bright, flame, glittering.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H3851 in the following manner: flame (8x), blade (2x), glittering (1x), bright (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H3851 in the following manner: flame (8x), blade (2x), glittering (1x), bright (1x).

  1. flame, blade

    1. flame

    2. of flashing point of spear or blade of sword

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַהַב lahab, lah'-hab; from an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon:—blade, bright, flame, glittering.
STRONGS H3851: Abbreviations
† לַ֫הַב noun masculine flame, blade; — ל׳ absolute Judges 3:22, 22 + 2 times; construct Judges 13:20 + 5 times; plural לְהָבִים Isaiah 13:8; construct לַהֲבֵי Isaiah 66:15; —
1. flame of altar, Judges 13:20 (twice in verse) הַמִּזְבֵּחַׅ (ל׳) אֵשׁ אוֺכְלָה ל׳, of י׳'s is judgement Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 66:15 (in all || forces of nature, whirlwind, thunder, earthquake, rain, hail, etc.); figurative פְּנֵיהֶם ל׳ פְּנֵי Isaiah 13:8 (i.e. hot with excitement, compare Di); simile Joel 2:5 אֵשׁ כְּקוֺל ל׳ (of rush of locusts); figurative of breath of crocodile Job 41:13.
2. of flashing point of spear Job 39:23; blade of sword Nahum 3:3; in prose, Judges 3:22 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

3:22; 3:22; 3:22; 13:20; 13:20

Job

39:23; 41:13

Isaiah

13:8; 13:8; 29:6; 30:30; 66:15; 66:15

Joel

2:5

Nahum

3:3

H3851

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3851 matches the Hebrew לַהַב (lahaḇ),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - The handle also went in after the blade H3851, and the fat closed over the blade H3851, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:20 - Indeed, it happened when the flame H3851 went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame H3851 of the altar. And Manoah and his wife saw this, so they fell on their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 -

“The quiver rattles against him,

The flashing H3851 spear and javelin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:21 -

“Its breath kindles coals,

And a flame H3851 goes forth from its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 -

They will be terrified,

Pains and labor pangs will take hold of them;

They will writhe like a woman in labor,

They will look at one another in astonishment,

Their faces aflame H3851.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 -

From Yahweh of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise,

With whirlwind and tempest and the flame H3851 of a consuming fire.

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And Yahweh will cause [fn]His splendid voice to be heard,

And the [fn]descending of His arm to be seen in raging anger,

And in the flame H3851 of a consuming fire

In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 -

For behold, Yahweh will come in fire

And His chariots like the whirlwind,

To return His anger with wrath,

And His rebuke with flames H3851 of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 -

[fn]With a noise as of chariots

They leap on the tops of the mountains,

Like the [fn]crackling of a flame H3851 of fire consumes the stubble,

Like a mighty people arranged for battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 -

Horsemen charging,

And swords flaming H3851, and spears flashing,

Many slain, a mass of corpses,

And there is no end to dead bodies—

They stumble over [fn]the dead bodies!

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