Strong’s H1200 · Hebrew

בְּעֵרָה
bᵉʻêrâh
be-ay-raw'

Definition

a burning

Etymology

from H1197 (בָּעַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • fire

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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