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אֵשׁ

esh

fire

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Strong’s H784Noun, feminine378 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

fire300

a fire51

the fire of15

a fire of5

is a fire3

fire of2

o fire1

is fire1

In the text

Leviticus 1:7אֵשׁ
The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
Deuteronomy 1:33בָּאֵשׁ
who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
Psalm 11:6אֵשׁ
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Isaiah 1:7אֵשׁ
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
Jeremiah 4:4כָאֵשׁ
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
Ezekiel 1:4וְאֵשׁ
I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵשׁ 377 n.f. fire

1. fire, of conflagration

2. of supernatural fire

3. fire for cooking, roasting, parching

4. esp. of altar fire

5. fig. of Yahweh's anger

6. in various combinations

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.