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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - It came H1961 about when the sun H8121 had set, H935 that it was very H5939 dark, H5939 and behold, H2009 there appeared a smoking H6227 oven H8574 and a flaming H784 torch H3940 which H834 passed H5674 between H996 these H428 pieces. H1506

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - All H3605 the people H5971 perceived H7200 the [fn]thunder H6963 and the lightning H3940 flashes H3940 and the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 and the mountain H2022 smoking; H6226 and when the people H5971 saw H7200 it, they trembled H5128 and stood H5975 at a distance. H7350

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - He divided H2673 the 300 H7969 H3967 men H376 into three H7969 [fn]companies, H7218 and he put H5414 trumpets H7782 and empty H7386 pitchers H3537 into the hands H3027 of all H3605 of them, with torches H3940 inside H8432 the pitchers. H3537

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - When the three H7969 [fn]companies H7218 blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 and broke H7665 the pitchers, H3537 they held H2388 the torches H3940 in their left H8040 hands H3027 and the trumpets H7782 in their right H3225 hands H3027 for blowing, H8628 and cried, H7121 “A sword H2719 for the LORD H3068 and for Gideon!” H1439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Samson H8123 went H1980 and caught H3920 three H7969 hundred H3967 foxes, H7776 and took H3947 torches, H3940 and turned H6437 the foxes tail H2180 to tail H2180 and put H7760 one H259 torch H3940 in the middle H8432 between H996 two H8147 tails. H2180

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - When he had set H1197 fire H784 to the torches, H3940 he released H7971 [fn]the foxes into the standing H7054 grain H7054 of the Philistines, H6430 thus burning H1197 up both H4480 the shocks H1430 and the standing H7054 grain, H7054 along H5704 with the vineyards H3754 and groves. H2132

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - “[fn]He who is at ease H7600 holds H6248 calamity H6365 in contempt, H937
As prepared H3559 for those whose feet H7272 slip. H4571

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - “Out of his mouth H6310 go H1980 burning H3940 torches; H3940
Sparks H3590 of fire H784 leap H4422 forth. H4422

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Zion’s H6726 sake H4616 I will not keep H2814 silent, H2814
And for Jerusalem’s H3389 sake H4616 I will not keep H8252 quiet, H8252
Until H5704 her righteousness H6664 goes H3318 forth H3318 like brightness, H5051
And her salvation H3444 like a torch H3940 that is burning. H1197

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - [fn]In the midst of the living H2416 beings H2416 there was something that looked H4758 like burning H1197 coals H1513 of fire, H784 [fn]like H4758 torches H3940 darting H1980 back H1980 and forth among H996 the living H2416 beings. H2416 The fire H784 was bright, H5051 and lightning H1300 was [fn]flashing H3318 from the fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body H1472 also was like [fn]beryl, H8658 his face H6440 [fn]had the appearance H4758 of lightning, H1300 his eyes H5869 were like flaming H784 torches, H3940 his arms H2220 and feet H4772 like the gleam H5869 of polished H7044 bronze, H5178 and the sound H6963 of his words H1697 like the sound H6963 of a [fn]tumult. H1995

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - The chariots H7393 race H1984 madly H1984 in the streets, H2351
They rush H8264 wildly H8264 in the [fn]squares, H7339
Their appearance H4758 is like torches, H3940
They dash H7323 to and fro H7323 like lightning H1300 flashes. H1300

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - “In that day H3117 I will make H7760 the clans H441 of Judah H3063 like a firepot H3595 among pieces of wood H6086 and a flaming H784 torch H3940 among sheaves, H5995 so they will consume H398 on the right H3225 hand H3225 and on the left H8040 all H3605 the surrounding H5439 peoples, H5971 while the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 again H5750 dwell H3427 on their own sites H8478 in Jerusalem. H3389
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