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Lexicon :: Strong's H3940 - lapîḏ

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 - And it came to pass, H1961 that, when the sun H8121 went down, H935 and H5939➔ it was H1961 dark, ➔H5939 behold H2009 a H8574➔ smoking H6227 furnace, ➔H8574 and a H3940➔ burning H784 lamp ➔ H3940 that H834 passed H5674 between H996 those H428 pieces. H1506

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - And all H3605 the people H5971 saw H7200 the thunderings, H6963 and H853 the lightnings, H3940 and H853 the noise H6963 of the trumpet, H7782 and H853 the mountain H2022 smoking: H6226 and when H7200➔ the people H5971 saw ➔H7200 it, they removed, H5128 and stood H5975 afar off. H7350

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided H2673 the H376➔ three H7969 hundred H3967 men ➔H376 into three H7969 companies, H7218 and he put H5414 a trumpet H7782 in H3027➔ every man's H3605 hand, ➔H3027 with H3537➔ empty H7386 pitchers, ➔H3537 and lamps H3940 within H8432 the pitchers. H3537

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - And H8628➔ the H7218➔ three H7969 companies ➔H7218 blew ➔H8628 the trumpets, H7782 and brake H7665 the pitchers, H3537 and held H2388 the lamps H3940 in H3027➔ their left H8040 hands, ➔H3027 and H3027➔ the trumpets H7782 in ➔H3027➔ their right H3225 hands ➔H3027 to blow H8628 withal: and they cried, H7121 The sword H2719 of the LORD, H3068 and of Gideon. H1439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And H3212➔ Samson H8123 went ➔H3212 and caught H3920 three H7969 hundred H3967 foxes, H7776 and took H3947 firebrands, H3940 and turned H6437 tail H2180 to H413 tail, H2180 and put H7760 a H259 firebrand H3940 in the midst H8432 between H996 two H8147 tails. H2180

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - And when he had set H1197 the brands on H3940 fire, H784 he let them go H7971 into the standing corn H7054 of the Philistines, H6430 and burnt up H1197 both the shocks, H1430 and also H5704 the standing corn, H7054 with H5704 the vineyards H3754 and olives. H2132

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - He that is ready H3559 to slip H4571 with his feet H7272 is as a lamp H3940 despised H937 in the thought H6248 of him that is at ease. H7600

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - Out of his mouth H6310 go H1980 burning lamps, H3940 and sparks H3590 of fire H784 leap out. H4422

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For H4616➔ Zion's H6726 sake ➔H4616 will I H2814➔ not H3808 hold my peace, ➔H2814 and for H4616➔ Jerusalem's H3389 sake ➔H4616 I will H8252➔ not H3808 rest, ➔H8252 until H5704 the righteousness thereof H6664 go forth H3318 as brightness, H5051 and the salvation thereof H3444 as a lamp H3940 that burneth. H1197

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - As for the likeness H1823 of the living creatures, H2416 their appearance H4758 was like H1513➔ burning H1197 coals ➔H1513 of fire, H784 and like the appearance H4758 of lamps: H3940 it H1931 went up and down H1980 among H996 the living creatures; H2416 and H5051➔ the fire was H784 bright, ➔H5051 and out H4480 of the fire H784 went forth H3318 lightning. H1300

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also H1472 was like the beryl, H8658 and his face H6440 as the appearance H4758 of lightning, H1300 and his eyes H5869 as lamps H3940 of fire, H784 and his arms H2220 and his feet H4772 like in colour H5869 to H5178➔ polished H7044 brass, ➔H5178 and the voice H6963 of his words H1697 like the voice H6963 of a multitude. H1995

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - The chariots H7393 shall rage H1984 in the streets, H2351 they shall justle one against another H8264 in the broad ways: H7339 they shall seem H4758 like torches, H3940 they shall run H7323 like the lightnings. H1300

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - In H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 will I make H7760 the governors H441 of Judah H3063 like an hearth H3595 of fire H784 among the wood, H6086 and like a torch H3940 of fire H784 in a sheaf; H5995 and they shall devour H398 all H3605 the people H5971 round about, H5439 on H5921 the right hand H3225 and on H5921 the left: H8040 and H3427➔ Jerusalem H3389 shall be inhabited ➔H3427 again H5750 in her own place, H8478 even in Jerusalem. H3389
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