Strong’s H8313 · Hebrew

שָׂרַף
sâraph
saw-raf'

Definition

to be (causatively, set) on fire

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • (cause to
  • make a) burn((-ing)
  • up) kindle
  • utterly

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.