Definition

a flambeau, lamp or flame

Etymology

or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine;

Where the KJV renders it

• (fire-) brand
• (burning) lamp
• lightning
• torch

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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