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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 -

Now it happened that the sun had set, and it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch H3940 which passed between these pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 -

And all the people perceived the [fn]thunder and the lightning H3940 flashes H3940 and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and the people perceived it, and they shook and stood at a distance.

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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 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 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 -

“[fn]As for upheaval, there is only contempt by the one who acts at ease,

But it is prepared for those whose feet slip.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 -

“Out of its mouth go burning H3940 torches H3940;

Sparks of fire [fn]leap forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 -

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her salvation like a torch H3940 that is burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - [fn]As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, [fn]like the appearance of torches H3940 going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning was [fn]flashing from the fire.

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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 torches H3940, his arms and feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 -

The chariots race madly in the streets;

They rush wildly in the [fn]squares;

Their appearance is like torches H3940;

They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 -

“In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a fiery laver among pieces of wood and a fiery torch H3940 among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem will again be inhabited in its own place—in Jerusalem.

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