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Lexicon :: Strong's H784 - 'ēš

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אֵשׁ
Transliteration
'ēš
Pronunciation
aysh
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 172

Strong’s Definitions

אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 379x

The KJV translates Strong's H784 in the following manner: fire (373x), burning (1x), fiery (1x), untranslated variant (1x), fire (with H800) (1x), flaming (1x), hot (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 379x
The KJV translates Strong's H784 in the following manner: fire (373x), burning (1x), fiery (1x), untranslated variant (1x), fire (with H800) (1x), flaming (1x), hot (1x).

  1. fire

    1. fire, flames

    2. supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)

    3. fire (for cooking, roasting, parching)

    4. altar-fire

    5. God's anger (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵשׁ ʼêsh, aysh; a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):—burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
STRONGS H784: Abbreviations
אֵשׁ 377 noun feminineExodus 9:23 (masculineJeremiah 48:45; Psalm 104:4; **masculine is dubious: Numbers 16:18 read עָלֶיהָ for 2nd עֲלֵיהֶם (Greek Version of the LXX B); Jeremiah 20:9 see Ges§ 132 d; Jeremiah 48:45 read (many MSS., Numbers 21:23) יצאה; Psalm 104:4 read perhaps (Ol Du): לֵֹֽֽֽהטָה, or וָלָֽחַט; Job 20:26 see Ges§ 145 u (or 121 b): compare AlbrZAW xvi {1896}. 63; Feminine & masculineJeremiah 20:9; Job 20:26) fire (Assyrian išatu COTGloss, Syriac aXtxwAe  , Ethiopic አላት፡ derivatives from II. אנשׁ, أَنَسَ, sociable, friendly element (MV Wetzst in DePsalmen, ed. 4, p. 888 LagBN 68 compare انيسة, مانوسة), improbable especially in view of Assyrian; daghesh probably secondary; compare also Sta§ 189 b) — א׳ absolute Exodus 9:24 +; construct Leviticus 6:2 + (seldom); suffix אִשּׁוֺ Deuteronomy 4:36; Job 18:5; אֶשְׁכֶם Isaiah 50:11; אִשָּׁם Isaiah 66:24; —
1. fire, of conflagration, e.g. in briers, endangering or destroying crops תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה קֹצִים Exodus 22:5; compare Exodus 3:2 הַסְּנֶה בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ (both E); more often of deliberate destruction by fire, especially שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ (בָּ with qam. preton.) object golden calf Exodus 32:20 (J), other idols Deuteronomy 7:5, 25, Asherim Deuteronomy 12:3, chariots Joshua 11:6, 9; 2 Kings 23:1, house Judges 12:1; Judges 14:15, tower Judges 9:52, city-gates Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3, 13, 17, city Joshua 6:24; Judges 18:27 compare Isaiah 1:7 +; also שִׁלַּח אֵשׁ בְּ Amos 1:4, 7, 10 +; שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ † Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48 compare 2 Kings 8:12; הִצִּית אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 8:8, 19; Jeremiah 17:27 +, compare Judges 9:49; 2 Samuel 14:30, 31 (of field, compare Exodus 22:5 above)
2. of supernatural fire, attending theophany Exodus 3:2; Exodus 19:18 (both J E) Deuteronomy 4:11, 12, 15, 33, 36 +; specifically עַמּוּד (הָ)אֵשׁ Exodus 13:21, 22; Exodus 14:24 (all J E) Nehemiah 9:12, 19 compare Deuteronomy 1:33 (see מַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15, 16 P); of destructive fire from י׳ Numbers 11:1, 2, 3 (J) Numbers 26:10 (P) Leviticus 10:2 (P); compare אֹכֶלָת א׳ in simile of Yahweh's glory Exodus 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; see also 1 Kings 18:24, 38; 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:14; Job 1:16 (perhaps lightning intended), compare further of lightning Exodus 9:23, 24 (JE) Psalm 18:13; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 148:8 etc.
3. fire for cooking, roasting, parching, etc. צְלִי אֵשׁ roasted at a fire Exodus 12:8, 9 (P) compare Leviticus 2:14; 2 Chronicles 35:13; Isaiah 44:16, 19; of tinder for lighting fire Genesis 22:6, 7 (E); of fire for melting (gold for the idolatrous calf) Exodus 32:24; for refining Jeremiah 6:29, where read with Qr מֵאֵשׁ תַּם עֹפֶרֶת; compare Malachi 3:2 (simile of purifying work of messenger of cov't).
4. especially of altar-fire Leviticus 1:7 (twice in verse); Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 6:6 +; in offering incense Leviticus 10:1, also אֵשׁ זָרָה strange fire, i.e. an incense not commanded, offered presumptuously Leviticus 10:1; Numbers 3:4; Numbers 26:61; fire from י׳ consuming sacrifice (compare 2) Leviticus 9:24; 2 Chronicles 7:1, 3; of fire in child-sacrifice (usually הֶעֱבִיר בֵּן בָּאֵשׁ (לְׅ)) 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; compare 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chronicles 33:6; also שׂרף בָּא׳ 2 Kings 17:31, בער בָּא׳ 2 Chronicles 28:3.
5. figurative of Yahweh's anger Psalm 89:47 (simile) compare Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 2:4 אֵשׁ־עֶבְרָתִי Ezekiel 21:36; Ezekiel 22:31; Ezekiel 38:19, אֵשׁ־קִנְאָתִי Ezekiel 36:5; see also Isaiah 66:15; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:47 etc.; of word of י׳ Jeremiah 23:29; figurative of outbursting emotion Psalm 39:4; of flagrant wickedness Isaiah 9:17, etc:
6. in various combinations, אֵש לַפִּיד Genesis 15:17 (J) a torch of fire (compare Di); לַבַּת־אֵשׁ Exodus 3:2 flame of fire, לַהַב אֵשׁ Joel 2:5, אֵשׁ לַפִּידֵי (in simile) Daniel 10:6 compare Zechariah 12:6, לַהֲבוֺת אֵשׁ Psalm 29:7 לַהֲבֵי אֵשׁ Isaiah 66:15 compare לְהָבוֺת א׳ Psalm 105:32, לָהָבָה נֹגַהּ א׳ Isaiah 4:5 compare Hosea 7:6; שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֺ spark of his fire Job 18:5 compare כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ Job 41:11; תַּנּוּר אֵשׁ Psalm 21:10 oven of fire, כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ Zechariah 12:6; אוֺר אֵשׁ light of fire Psalm 78:14; אֵשׁ לֹהֵט flaming fire Psalm 104:4; לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24 tongue of fire, גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 1:13 coals of fire, so Ezekiel 10:2, compare רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ Songs 8:6; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 28:14, 16 see אֶבֶן; אֵשׁ דַּת [H799 Deuteronomy 33:2], literally fire of a law, or fire was a law, but דָּת law is Persian & late; read perhaps דֹת [לַפִּ] אֵשׁ compare Exodus 20:18 or דֶת [יֹקֶ] אֵשׁ compare Isaiah 65:5.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H785.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17; 22:6; 22:7

Exodus

3:2; 3:2; 3:2; 9:23; 9:23; 9:24; 9:24; 12:8; 12:9; 13:21; 13:22; 14:24; 19:18; 20:18; 22:5; 22:5; 24:17; 32:20; 32:24

Leviticus

1:7; 2:14; 6:2; 6:2; 6:3; 6:5; 6:6; 9:24; 10:1; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

3:4; 9:15; 9:16; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 16:18; 21:23; 26:10; 26:61

Deuteronomy

1:33; 4:11; 4:12; 4:15; 4:24; 4:33; 4:36; 4:36; 7:5; 7:25; 9:3; 12:3

Joshua

6:24; 8:8; 8:19; 11:6; 11:9

Judges

1:8; 9:49; 9:52; 12:1; 14:15; 18:27; 20:48

2 Samuel

14:30; 14:31

1 Kings

18:24; 18:38

2 Kings

1:10; 1:12; 1:14; 8:12; 16:3; 17:17; 17:31; 21:6; 23:1; 23:10

2 Chronicles

7:1; 7:3; 28:3; 33:6; 35:13

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:3; 2:13; 2:17; 9:12; 9:19

Job

1:16; 18:5; 18:5; 20:26; 20:26; 41:11

Psalms

18:13; 18:14; 21:10; 29:7; 39:4; 78:14; 79:5; 89:47; 89:47; 104:4; 104:4; 104:4; 105:32; 148:8

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

1:7; 4:5; 5:24; 9:17; 44:16; 44:19; 50:11; 65:5; 66:15; 66:15; 66:24

Jeremiah

6:29; 17:27; 20:9; 20:9; 23:29; 48:45; 48:45

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

1:13; 10:2; 22:31; 28:14; 28:16; 36:5; 38:19

Daniel

10:6

Hosea

7:6

Joel

2:5

Amos

1:4; 1:7; 1:10

Nahum

1:6

Zechariah

12:6; 12:6

Malachi

3:2

H784

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Strong's Number H784 matches the Hebrew אֵשׁ ('ēš),
which occurs 378 times in 348 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 7 (Lev 20:14–Jos 6:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - ‘If there is a man who [fn]marries a woman and her mother, it is lewdness; both he and they shall be burned with fire H784 so that there will be no lewdness in your midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:9 - ‘Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire H784 before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests [fn]in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘The Nazirite shall then shave the head of hair for his Nazirite vow at the doorway of the tent of meeting and take the hair of his head of his Nazirite vow and put it on the fire H784 which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

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Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire H784 over the tabernacle until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:16 - So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire H784 by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 -

Now the people became like those who complain of calamity in the ears of Yahweh. And Yahweh heard it and His anger was kindled, and the fire H784 of Yahweh burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire H784 [fn]died out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - So the name of that place was called [fn]Taberah because the fire H784 of Yahweh burned among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O Yahweh, are in the midst of this people, for You, O Yahweh, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire H784 by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and put fire H784 in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of Yahweh tomorrow; and the man whom Yahweh chooses shall be the one who is holy. [fn]You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So they each took his own censer and put fire H784 on [fn]it, and laid incense on [fn]it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35 - Fire H784 also came forth from Yahweh and consumed the 250 men who were bringing near the incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - “Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall take up the censers out of the midst of the [fn]blaze, and you scatter [fn]the burning H784 coals H784 abroad; for they are holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire H784 from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from Yahweh, the plague has begun!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:9 - “This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire H784; every offering of theirs, even every grain offering and every sin offering and every guilt offering, which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -

“For a fire H784 went forth from Heshbon,

A flame from the town of Sihon;

It devoured Ar of Moab,

The [fn]dominant [fn]heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 -

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, when the fire H784 consumed 250 men, so that they became a [fn]warning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:61 - But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire H784 before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:10 - Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - everything that can stand the fire H784, you shall pass through the fire H784, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire H784 you shall pass through the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - who goes before you on your way, to spy out a place for you to encamp, in fire H784 by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire H784 to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and dense gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:12 - “Then Yahweh spoke to you from the midst of the fire H784; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—only a voice.

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“So keep your souls very carefully, since you did not see any form on the day Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire H784,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:24 - “For Yahweh your God is a consuming fire H784, a jealous God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:33 - “Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire H784, as you have heard it, and lived?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - “Out of the heavens He caused you to hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth He caused you to see His great fire H784, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:4 - “Yahweh spoke to you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:5 - I was standing between Yahweh and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Yahweh; for you were afraid because of the fire H784 and did not go up the mountain. [fn]He said,

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“These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire H784, of the cloud and of the dense gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “Now it happened that when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire H784, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - “And you said, ‘Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire H784; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:25 - ‘So now then why should we die? For this great fire H784 will consume us; if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any longer, then we will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:26 - ‘For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire H784, as we have, and lived?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and cut their [fn]Asherim in pieces and burn their graven images with fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:25 - “The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire H784; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - “So you shall know today that it is Yahweh your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire H784. He will destroy them, and He will subdue them before you, so that you may dispossess them and make them perish quickly, just as Yahweh has spoken to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:10 - “And Yahweh gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which Yahweh had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire H784 on the day of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 -

“So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire H784, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - “Now I took your [fn]sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire H784 and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 - “And He wrote on the tablets, like the former writing, the Ten [fn]Commandments which Yahweh had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire H784 on the day of the assembly; and Yahweh gave them to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “And you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and burn their [fn]Asherim with fire H784, and you shall cut the graven images of their gods in pieces and destroy their name from that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:31 - “You shall not do thus toward Yahweh your God, for every abominable act which Yahweh hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire H784 to their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - “Then you shall gather all its spoil into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire H784 as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh your God; and it shall be a [fn]ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire H784, one who uses divination, one who practices soothsaying or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:16 - “This is according to all that you asked of Yahweh your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God; let me not see this great fire H784 anymore, or I will die.’

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For a fire H784 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 on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - And he said,

“Yahweh came from Sinai,

And He [fn]dawned on them from Seir;

He shone forth from Mount Paran,

And He came from the [fn]midst of ten thousand holy ones;

At His right hand there was [fn]flashing lightning for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - But they burned the city with fire H784, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the [fn]house of Yahweh.

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