עָשָׁן ashan

Hebrew word for “smoke” · Strong’s H6227 · used 25 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) smoke; 1a) smoke; 1b) in metaphor, simile; 1c) smoke (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ashan in context, with how often each is used:

• smoke 21
• like smoke 3
• like the smoke 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 8 (2), Judges 20 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Exodus 19 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 102 (1)

Forms

• עשׁן 14
• בעשׁן 3
• כעשׁן 2
• וכעשׁן 2
• עשׁנו 1
• העשׁן 1
• ועשׁן 1
• עשׁנה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ashan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 9
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 9
• בָּעַר baar “to burn” 4
• תִּימָרָה timarah “column” 2
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 4
• עִיר ir “city” 5
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• מַשְׂאֵת maset “tribute” 2
• גַּחֶלֶת gechel “coal” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 4
• אַף aph “face” 3
• עַי ay “Ai” 2

Key verses

The verses using ashan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 19:18 — And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole…
• Psalms 18:8 — There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
• Psalms 68:2 — As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
• Psalms 102:3 — For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
• Song of Solomon 3:6 — Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
• Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
• Isaiah 9:18 — For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the…
• Isaiah 51:6 — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment,…
• Isaiah 65:5 — Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
• Hosea 13:3 — Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as…
• Joel 2:30 — And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
• Nahum 2:13 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off…

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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.