לָהַט lahat
Hebrew word for “to kindle” · Strong’s H3857 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) to burn, blaze, scorch, kindle, blaze up, flame; 1a) (Qal) blazing (participle); 1b)(Piel) to scorch, burn, blaze
How it is translated
Glosses given for lahat in context, with how often each is used:
- has set ablaze 2
- kindles 1
- those that devour 1
- which it sets ablaze 1
- may burn up 1
- flaming 1
- burned up 1
- set ablaze 1
- sets ablaze 1
- will set ablaze 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 32 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 57 (1), Psalms 83 (1), Psalms 97 (1), Psalms 104 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Isaiah 42 (1), Joel 1 (1), Joel 2 (1)
Forms
- תלהט 4
- ותלהט 2
- להטים 1
- להט 1
- ותלהטהו 1
- להטה 1
- ולהט 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with lahat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 7
- לֶהָבָה lehavah “flame” 4
- בָּעַר baar “to burn” 4
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3
- מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 2
- אַף aph “face” 2
- סָבִיב saviv “around” 2
- הַר har “mountain” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 2
Key verses
The verses using lahat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:22 — For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the…
- Job 41:21 — His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
- Psalms 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Psalms 83:14 — As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
- Psalms 97:3 — A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
- Psalms 104:4 — Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
- Psalms 106:18 — And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- Isaiah 42:25 — Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned…
- Joel 1:19 — O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
- Joel 2:3 — A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and…
- Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
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.