Strong’s H3858 · Hebrew

לַהַט
lahaṭ
lah'-hat

Definition

a blaze; also (from the idea of enwrapping) magic (as covert)

Etymology

from H3857 (לָהַט);

Where the KJV renders it

  • flaming
  • enchantment

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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