Strong’s H3857 · Hebrew

לָהַט
lâhaṭ
law-hat'

Definition

properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • burn (up)
  • set on fire
  • flaming
  • kindle

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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