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Lexicon :: Strong's H3857 - lāhaṭ

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לָהַט
Transliteration
lāhaṭ
Pronunciation
law-hat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1081

Strong’s Definitions

לָהַט lâhaṭ, law-hat'; a primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze:—burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3857 in the following manner: set on fire (4x), burn up (3x), burn (2x), kindle (1x), flaming (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H3857 in the following manner: set on fire (4x), burn up (3x), burn (2x), kindle (1x), flaming (1x).

  1. to burn, blaze, scorch, kindle, blaze up, flame

    1. (Qal) blazing (participle)

    2. (Piel) to scorch, burn, blaze

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָהַט lâhaṭ, law-hat'; a primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze:—burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
STRONGS H3857: Abbreviations
† [לָהַט] verb blaze up, flame (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac bdb052908; Assyrian la’âtu, in derived forms); —
Qal Participle active אֵשׁ לֹהֵט Psalm 104:4 a flaming fire (so Bae; אֵשׁ וָלַהַט Bi Che, compare Ol), made into י׳'s servants; plural לֹהֲטִים Psalm 57:5 (figurative of enemies, compare לְבָאִם Psalm 57:5a [Psalm 57:4a]).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְלִהַט Malachi 3:19; 3rd person feminine singular לִהֲטָה Joel 1:19; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּלַהֵט Joel 2:3 + 4 times; וַתְּלַהֵט Deuteronomy 32:22; suffix וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ Isaiah 42:25; — set ablaze, usually with accusative; — foundation of mountains, Deuteronomy 32:22 (subject אֵשׁ figurative, of י׳'s judgement, || קָדַח, יָקַד, אָכַל), compare הָרִים תְּל׳ Psalm 83:15 (in simile, subject לֶהָבָה; || כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַריָֿ֑עַר; of flame (לֶהָבָה); consuming trees Joel 1:19 (of effects of drought; || אֵשׁ אָֽכְלָה); persons Malachi 3:19 [Malachi 4:1] (subject הַיּוֺם הַבָּא || בָּעַר); compare Psalm 97:3 (subject אֵשׁ), Psalm 106:18 (subject לֶהָבָה || וַתִּבְעַרֿ אֵשׁ; hyperbole of י׳'s wrath (חֵמָה מִלְחָמָה וֱעֶזוּז אַפּוֹ) consuming Jacob Isaiah 42:25; of crocodile (hyperbole), נַפְשׁוֺ גֶּחָלִים תְלַהֵ֑ט Job 41:13 his breath setteth coals ablaze; absolute Joel 2:3, figurative of devastation by locusts (subject לֶהָבָה; || אָֽכְלָה אֵשׁ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:22; 32:22

Job

41:13

Psalms

57:4; 57:5; 83:15; 97:3; 104:4; 106:18

Isaiah

42:25; 42:25

Joel

1:19; 1:19; 2:3; 2:3

Malachi

4:1

H3857

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3857 matches the Hebrew לָהַט (lāhaṭ),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 -

For a fire is kindled in My anger,

And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol,

And it consumes the earth with its produce,

And it sets H3857 on H3857 fire H3857 the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:21 -

“Its breath kindles H3857 coals,

And a flame goes forth from its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 -

My soul is among lions;

I am lying down among those who breathe H3857 forth H3857 fire H3857,

Sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows

And their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:14 -

Like fire that burns the forest

And like a flame that burns H3857 up H3857 the mountains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:3 -

Fire goes before Him

And burns H3857 up H3857 His adversaries all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:4

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[fn]He makes His [fn]angels the winds,

His ministers flaming H3857 fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:18

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And a fire burned up in their company;

The flame consumed H3857 the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:25

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So He poured out on him the heat of His anger

And the fierceness of battle;

And it set H3857 him aflame H3857 all around,

Yet he did not know it;

And it burned him, but he did not set it upon his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:19 -

To You, O Yahweh, I cry;

For fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness,

And the flame has burned H3857 up H3857 all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:3

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A fire consumes before them,

And behind them a flame burns H3857.

The land is like the garden of Eden before them

But a desolate wilderness behind them,

And nothing at all escapes them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:1 -

“[fn]For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every worker of wickedness will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set H3857 them aflame H3857,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

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