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Lexicon :: Strong's H784 - 'ēš

Aa
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 בָּאֵשׁJudges 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 5 / 7 (Pro 16:27–Jer 22:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 -

A vile man digs up evil,

And the words on his lips are like scorching fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 -

With no wood the fire H784 goes out,

And where there is no whisperer, strife quiets down.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 -

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire H784,

So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 -

Sheol, and the barren womb,

Earth that is never satisfied with water,

And fire H784 that never says, “Enough.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

“Put me like a [fn]seal over your heart,

Like a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong as death,

[fn]Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;

Its flashes are flashes of fire H784,

[fn]The very flame of [fn]Yah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 -

Your land is desolate;

Your cities are burned with fire H784;

Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence;

It is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - then Yahweh will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her convocation a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire H784 by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 -

Therefore, as a tongue of fire H784 consumes stubble

And dry grass collapses into the flame,

So their root will become like rot and their blossom [fn]blow away as dust;

For they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts

And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 -

For every boot of the booted warrior in the rumbling of battle,

And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 -

For wickedness burns like a fire H784;

It consumes briars and thorns;

It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame,

And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 -

By the fury of Yahweh of hosts the land is burned up,

And the people are like fuel for the fire H784;

No man spares his brother.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 -

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors;

And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 -

And the light of Israel will become a fire H784 and his Holy One a flame,

And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 -

O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they do not behold it.

[fn]They behold Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;

Indeed, [fn]fire H784 will devour Your adversaries.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 -

From Yahweh of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise,

With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 -

Whose breaking is like the breaking of a potter’s jar,

[fn]So ruthlessly shattered

That a potsherd will not be found among its pieces

To [fn]take fire H784 from a hearth

Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 -

Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from afar;

Burning is His anger and heavy is His [fn]smoke;

His lips are filled with indignation

And His tongue is like a consuming fire H784;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 -

And Yahweh will cause [fn]His splendid voice to be heard,

And the [fn]descending of His arm to be seen in raging anger,

And in the flame of a consuming fire H784

In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:33 -

For [fn]Topheth has long been ready,

Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.

He has made it deep and large,

[fn]A pyre of fire H784 with plenty of wood;

The breath of Yahweh, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 -

“You have conceived [fn]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;

[fn]My breath will consume you like a fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 -

“The peoples will be burned to lime,

Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 -

Sinners in Zion are in dread;

Trembling has seized the godless.

“Who among us can sojourn with the consuming fire H784?

Who among us can sojourn with [fn]continual burning?”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:19 - and have cast their gods into the fire H784, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:2 -

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.

When you walk through the fire H784, you will not be scorched,

Nor will the flame burn you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire H784; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm; I have seen the fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one causes this to return to his heart, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire H784 and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then [fn]I make the rest of it into an abomination; [fn]I fall down before a block of wood!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 -

“Behold, they have become like stubble,

Fire H784 burns them;

They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;

There will be no coal to warm by

Nor a fire to sit before!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 -

Behold, all you who kindle a fire H784,

Who gird yourselves with firebrands,

Walk in the light of your fire H784

And among the brands you have set ablaze.

This you will have from My hand:

You will lie down in torment.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire H784 of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work;

And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2 -

[fn]As fire H784 kindles the brushwood, as fire H784 causes water to boil

To make Your name known to Your adversaries,

That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:11 -

Our holy and glorious house,

Where our fathers praised You,

Has been burned by fire H784;

And all our precious things have become a waste place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 -

Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,

For I am holier than you!’

These are smoke in My [fn]nostrils,

A fire H784 that burns all the day.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 -

For behold, Yahweh will come in fire H784

And His chariots like the whirlwind,

To return His anger with wrath,

And His rebuke with flames of fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16 -

For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire H784

And by His sword on all flesh,

And those slain by Yahweh will be many.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 -

“Then they will go forth and look

On the corpses of the men

Who have [fn]transgressed against Me.

For their worm will not die

And their fire H784 will not be quenched;

And they will be an object of contempt to all [fn]mankind.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 -

“Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh

And remove the foreskins of your heart,

Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Lest My wrath go forth like fire H784

And burn with none to quench it

Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:14 -

Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts,

“Because you have spoken this word,

Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire H784

And this people wood, and it will devour them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 -

The bellows blow fiercely;

The lead [fn]is consumed by the fire;

In vain the refining goes on,

But the evil ones are not [fn]separated.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, and the fathers make the fire H784 burn, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - “They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire H784, which I did not command, and it did not come upon My heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 -

Yahweh called your name,

“A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”;

With the noise of a great tumult

He has kindled fire H784 on it,

And its foliage has an evil demise.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 -

“Then I will cause your enemies to pass [fn]it over

Into a land you do not know,

For a fire H784 has been kindled in My anger;

It will burn upon you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:4 -

And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance

That I gave you;

And I will make you serve your enemies

In the land which you do not know,

For you have kindled a fire H784 in My anger

Which will burn forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - “But if you do not listen to Me to keep the sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire H784 in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not be quenched.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire H784 as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever come upon My heart,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:9 -

But if I say, “I will not remember Him

Or speak anymore in His name,”

Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire H784

Shut up in my bones;

And I am weary of holding it in,

And I cannot prevail.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10 - “For I have set My face against this city for [fn]evil and not for good,” declares Yahweh. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire H784.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus says Yahweh:

“Render justice [fn]every morning;

And deliver the person who has been robbed from the [fn]power of his oppressor,

Lest My wrath go forth like fire H784

And burn with none to extinguish it,

Because of the evil of their deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 -

“But I will punish you according to the [fn]results of your deeds,” declares Yahweh,

“And I will kindle a fire H784 in its forest

That it may devour all its surroundings.”’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:7 -

“For I will set apart destroyers against you,

Each with his weapons;

And they will cut down your choicest cedars

And throw them on the fire H784.


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