Strong’s H228 · Hebrew

אֲזָא
ʼăzâʼ
az-zaw'

Definition

to kindle; (by implication) to heat

Etymology

(Aramaic) or אֲזָה (Aramaic);

Where the KJV renders it

  • heat
  • hot

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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