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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
Dictionary Aids

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 7 / 7 (Eze 24:10–Mal 3:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 - “Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, H784
[fn]Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:12 - “She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire! H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:14 - “You were the anointed cherub who [fn]covers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - “By the abundance of your trade
[fn]You were internally filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, O [fn]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - “By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought fire H784 from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:8 - “And they will know that I am the LORD,
When I set a fire H784 in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - “I will make Pathros desolate,
Set a fire H784 in Zoan
And execute judgments on [fn]Thebes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 - “I will set a fire H784 in Egypt;
[fn]Sin will writhe in anguish,
[fn]Thebes will be breached
And [fn]Memphis will have [fn]distresses daily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Surely in the fire H784 of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who [fn]appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:19 - “In My zeal and in My blazing H784 wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great [fn]earthquake in the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - “With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, [fn]a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire H784 and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - “And I will send fire H784 upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires H784 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires H784 with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like [fn]beryl, his face [fn]had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming H784 torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a [fn]tumult.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:6 - For their hearts are like an oven
As they approach their [fn]plotting;
Their [fn]anger [fn]smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire H784 on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:19 - To You, O LORD, I cry;
For fire H784 has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:20 - Even the beasts of the field [fn]pant for You;
For the water brooks are dried up
And fire H784 has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:3 - A fire H784 consumes before them
And behind them a flame burns.
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 Joe 2:5

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 of fire H784 consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:30 - “I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire H784 and columns of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:4 - “So I will send fire H784 upon the house of Hazael
And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:7 - “So I will send fire H784 upon the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:10 - “So I will send fire H784 upon the wall of Tyre
And it will consume her citadels.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:12 - “So I will send fire H784 upon Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - “So I will kindle a fire H784 on the wall of Rabbah
And it will consume her citadels
Amid [fn]war cries on the day of battle,
And a storm on the day of tempest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:2 - “So I will send fire H784 upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With [fn]war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:5 - “So I will send fire H784 upon Judah
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:6 - “Seek the LORD that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a fire, H784 [fn]O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 - Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, H784 and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [fn]farm land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:18 - “Then the house of Jacob will be a fire H784
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set [fn]them on fire and consume [fn]them,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 - The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire, H784
Like water poured down a steep place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:7 - All of her idols will be smashed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire H784
And all of her images I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a harlot’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the burning of His anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire H784
And the rocks are broken up by Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - The shields of [fn]his mighty men are colored red,
The warriors are dressed in scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in [fn]flashing H784 steel
[fn]When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress spears are brandished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:13 - Behold, your people are women in your midst!
The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies;
Fire H784 consumes your gate bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:15 - There fire H784 will consume you,
The sword will cut you down;
It will consume you as the locust does.
Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,
Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - “Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts
That peoples toil for fire, H784
And nations grow weary for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:18 - Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the LORD’S wrath;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire H784 of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete end,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire H784 of My zeal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:5 - ‘For I,’ declares the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire H784 [fn]around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:4 - Behold, the Lord will dispossess her
And cast her wealth into the sea;
And she will be consumed with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 - Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That a fire H784 may feed on your cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming H784 torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - “And I will bring the third part through the fire, H784
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire H784 and like [fn]fullers’ soap.

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