אֵשׁ esh

Hebrew word for “fire” · Strong’s H784 · used 378 times in 348 verses

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Meaning

1) fire; 1a) fire, flames;

How it is translated

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

• fire 359
• like a fire 8
• like fire 7
• fire of law 1
• fire it is complete 1
• belonged to the fire 1
• like the fire 1

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 5 (7), Deuteronomy 4 (6), Leviticus 6 (5), Numbers 16 (5), Amos 1 (5), Leviticus 1 (4), Leviticus 13 (4), Deuteronomy 9 (4), Judges 9 (4), 1 Kings 18 (4)

Forms

• אשׁ 153
• באשׁ 129
• האשׁ 43
• ואשׁ 17
• כאשׁ 16
• לאשׁ 7
• והאשׁ 3
• אשׁו 2
• ובאשׁ 2
• אשׁדת 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׂרַף saraph “to burn” 75
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 90
• בָּעַר baar “to burn” 37
• יָצַת yatsat “to kindle” 21
• לֶהָבָה lehavah “flame” 17
• עֵץ ets “tree” 27
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 25
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 31
• עָנָן anan “cloud” 17
• גַּחֶלֶת gechel “coal” 12
• אַף aph “face” 19
• עִיר ir “city” 26

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the…
• 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…
• Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
• 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 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
• Isaiah 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt…
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Nahum 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…
• Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…
• Malachi 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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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.