לַהַב lahav
Hebrew word for “flame” · Strong’s H3851 · used 12 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) flame, blade; 1a) flame; 1b) of flashing point of spear or blade of sword
How it is translated
Glosses given for lahav in context, with how often each is used:
- flame 6
- blade 4
- flames 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 3 (1), Judges 13 (1), Job 39 (1), Job 41 (1), Isaiah 13 (1), Isaiah 29 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Isaiah 66 (1), Joel 2 (1), Nahum 3 (1)
Forms
- ולהב 4
- הלהב 3
- להב 2
- בלהב 1
- להבים 1
- בלהבי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with lahav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 4
- סוּפָה suphah “whirlwind” 2
- חֲנִית chanit “spear” 2
- מֶרְכָּבָה merkavah “chariot” 2
- קוֹל qol “voice” 3
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3
- אַף aph “face” 2
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 2
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 2
Key verses
The verses using lahav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Judges 3:22 — And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
- Judges 13:20 — For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his…
- Job 39:23 — The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- Job 41:21 — His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
- Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another;…
- Isaiah 29:6 — Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
- Isaiah 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of…
- Isaiah 66:15 — For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
- Joel 2:5 — Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in…
- Nahum 3:3 — The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.