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Lexicon :: Strong's H3940 - lapîḏ

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לַפִּיד
Transliteration
lapîḏ
Pronunciation
lap-peed'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to shine
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TWOT Reference: 1122a

Strong’s Definitions

לַפִּיד lappîyd, lap-peed'; or לַפִּד lappid; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame:—(fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3940 in the following manner: lamp (7x), firebrand (2x), torch (2x), brand (1x), lightning (1x), burning (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3940 in the following manner: lamp (7x), firebrand (2x), torch (2x), brand (1x), lightning (1x), burning (1x).

  1. torch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַפִּיד lappîyd, lap-peed'; or לַפִּד lappid; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame:—(fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
STRONGS H3940: Abbreviations
† לַפִּיד noun masculineJudges 15:4 torch (Late Hebrew id.); — ל׳ absolute Judges 15:4; Isaiah 62:1; construct Genesis 15:17; Zechariah 12:6; plural לַפִּידִים Judges 15:5 + 2 times, לַפִּידִם Exodus 20:18, לַפִּדים Judges 7:16 + 3 times; construct לַפִּידֵי Daniel 10:6: — torch, Judges 7:16, 20; Judges 15:4 (twice in verse); Judges 15:5 (kindled, הִבְעִיר אֵשׁ בְּ׳); אֵשׁ לַפִּיד Genesis 15:17 (+ עָשָׁן, תַּנּוּר; J E), Zechariah 12:6 (simile of conquering power of [chiefs of] Judah; || כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ), אֵשׁ לַפִּידֵי Daniel 10:6 (simile of eyes of angel in vision; || וּפָנָיו כְּמַרְאֵה בָרָק); simile of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Nahum 2:15 (|| בְּרָקִים); ל׳ of lightning-flashes Exodus 20:18 (E; + קוֺלֹת thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Job 41:11 (|| כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ); of flame between cherubim Ezekiel 1:13 (|| גַּחֲלֵיֿ אֵשׁ, אֵשׁ); simile of Zion's glorious deliverance Isaiah 62:1 (|| נֹגַהּ). — לַפִּיד Job 12:5 see H6365 פִּיד.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17; 15:17

Exodus

20:18; 20:18

Judges

7:16; 7:16; 7:20; 15:4; 15:4; 15:4; 15:5; 15:5

Job

12:5; 41:11

Isaiah

62:1; 62:1

Ezekiel

1:13

Daniel

10:6; 10:6

Zechariah

12:6; 12:6

H3940

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3940 matches the Hebrew לַפִּיד (lapîḏ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the 300 men into three [fn]companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches H3940 inside the pitchers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three [fn]companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and they held the torches H3940 in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing and called out, “A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches H3940 and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch H3940 in the middle between two tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - Then he set fire to the torches H3940 and sent [fn]the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. So he caused both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves, to burn.
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