esh: a fire Original Word: אֵשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: esh
Phonetic Spelling: (aysh)
Short Definition: fire
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
a fire
NASB Word Usage
blazing (1), burned* (1), burning (1), burning coals (1), fiery (1), fire (362), fires (2), flame (1), flaming (3), flashing (1), man (1).
אֵשׁ377 noun feminineExodus 9:23 (masculineJeremiah 48:45; Psalm 104:4; **masculine is dubious: Numbers 16:18 read עָלֶיהָ for 2nd עֲלֵיהֶם (ᵐ5B); Jeremiah 20:9 see Ges§ 132 d; Jeremiah 48:45 read (many MSS., Numbers 21:23) יצאה; Psalm 104:4 read perhaps (Ol Du): לֵֹהטָה, or וָלָֽחַט; Job 20:26 see Ges§ 145 u (or 121 b): compare AlbrZAW xvi {1896}. 63. feminine & masculineJeremiah 20:9; Job 20:26) fire (Assyrian išatu COTGloss, Syriac  , Ethiopic  derivatives from II. אנשׁ,  , sociable, friendly element (MV Wetzst in DePsalmen, ed. 4, p. 888 LagBN 68 compare  ,  ), improbable especially in view of Assyrian; daghesh probably secondary; compare also Sta§ 189 b) — ׳א absolute Exodus 9:24 +; construct Leviticus 6:2 + (seldom); suffix אִשּׁוֺ Deuteronomy 4:36; Job 18:5; אֶשְׁכֶם Isaiah 50:11; אִשָּׁם Isaiah 66:24; — 1 fire, of conflagration, e.g. in briers, endangering or destroying crops תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה קֹצִים Exodus 22:5; compare Exodus 3:2 הַסְּנֶה בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ (both E); more often of deliberate destruction by fire, especially שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ (בָּ with qam. preton.) object golden calf Exodus 32:20 (J), other idols Deuteronomy 7:5,25, Asherim Deuteronomy 12:3, chariots Joshua 11:6,9; 2 Kings 23:1, house Judges 12:1; Judges 14:15, tower Judges 9:52, city-gates Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3,13,17, city Joshua 6:24; Judges 18:27 compare Isaiah 1:7 +; also שִׁלַּח אֵשׁ בְּ Amos 1:4,7,10 +; שִׁלַּח אֶתהָֿעִיר בָּאֵשׁ Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48 compare 2 Kings 8:12; הִצִּית אֶתהָֿעִיר בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 8:8,19; Jeremiah 17:27 +, compare Judges 9:49; 2 Samuel 14:30,31 (of field, compare Exodus 22:5 above) 2 of supernatural fire, attending theophany Exodus 3:2; Exodus 19:18 (both J E) Deuteronomy 4:11,12,15,33,36 +; specifically עַמּוּד (הָ)אֵשׁ Exodus 13:21,22; Exodus 14:24 (all J E) Nehemiah 9:12,19 compare Deuteronomy 1:33 (see מַרְאֵהאֵֿשׁ Numbers 9:15,16 P); of destructive fire from ׳י Numbers 11:1,2,3 (J) Numbers 26:10 (P) Leviticus 10:2 (P); compare אֹכֶלָת ׳א in simile of Yahweh's glory Exodus 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; see also 1 Kings 18:24,38; 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 1:14; Job 1:16 (perhaps lightning intended), compare further of lightning Exodus 9:23,24 (JE) Psalm 18:13; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 148:8 etc. 3 fire for cooking, roasting, parching, etc. צְלִי אֵשׁ roasted at a fire Exodus 12:8,9 (P) compare Leviticus 2:14; 2Chronicles 35:13; Isaiah 44:16,19; of tinder for lighting fire Genesis 22:6,7 (E); of fire for melting (gold for the idolatrous calf) Exodus 32:24; for refining Jeremiah 6:29, where read with Qr מֵאֵשׁ תַּם עֹפֶרֶת; compare Malachi 3:2 (simile of purifying work of messenger of cov't). 4 especially of altar-fire Leviticus 1:7 (twice in verse); Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 6:6 +; in offering incense Leviticus 10:1, also אֵשׁ זָרָה strange fire, i.e. an incense not commanded, offered presumptuously Leviticus 10:1; Numbers 3:4; Numbers 26:61; fire from ׳י consuming sacrifice (compare 2) Leviticus 9:24; 2Chronicles 7:1,3; of fire in child-sacrifice (usually הֶעֱבִיר בֵּן בָּאֵשׁ (לְׅ) 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; compare 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 23:10; 2Chronicles 33:6; also ׳שׂרף בָּא 2 Kings 17:31, ׳בער בָּא2Chronicles 28:3. 5 figurative of Yahweh's anger Psalm 89:47 (simile) compare Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 2:4 אֵשׁעֶֿבְרָתִי Ezekiel 21:36; Ezekiel 22:31; Ezekiel 38:19, אֵשׁקִֿנְאָתִי Ezekiel 36:5; see also Isaiah 66:15; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:47 etc.; of word of ׳י Jeremiah 23:29; figurative of outbursting emotion Psalm 39:4; of flagrant wickedness Isaiah 9:17, etc: 6 in various combinations, לַמִּיד אֵשׁ Genesis 15:17 (J) a torch of fire (compare Di); לַבַּתאֵֿשׁ Exodus 3:2 flame of fire, לַהַב אֵשׁ Joel 2:5, לַמִּידֵי אֵשׁ (in simile) Daniel 10:6 compare Zechariah 12:6, לַהֲבוֺת אֵשׁ Psalm 29:7 לַהֲבֵי אֵשׁ Isaiah 66:15 compare לְהָבוֺת ׳א Psalm 105:32, לָהָבָה ׳נֹגַהּ א Isaiah 4:5 compare Hosea 7:6; שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֺ spark of his fire Job 18:5 compare כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ Job 41:11; תַּנּוּר אֵשׁ Psalm 21:10 oven of fire, כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ Zechariah 12:6; אוֺר אֵשׁ light of fire Psalm 78:14; אֵשׁ לֹהֵט flaming fire Psalm 104:4; לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24 tongue of fire, גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 1:13 coals of fire, so Ezekiel 10:2, compare רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ Songs 8:6; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 28:14,16 see אֶבֶן; אֵשׁ דַּת Deuteronomy 33:2, literally fire of a law, or fire was a law, but דָּת law is Persian & late; read perhaps דֹת[לַמִּ] אֵשׁ compare Exodus 20:18 or דֶת [יֹקֶ] אֵשׁ compare Isaiah 65:5. אֶשָּׁא noun [feminine] fire (Biblical Hebrew אֵשׁ; K§ 55, 5. 2 b thinks emphatic from onomatopoetic √ אשׁשׁ; D161 Buhl √ אשׁא compare ᵑ7 אישָּׁא, אִישָּׁהָא, Syriac  ; — Daniel 7:11. אֻשֹּׁהִי, אֻשַּׁיָּא see [אשׁ]. above
burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot A primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively) -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
ṯə·’ā·rêś — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·raś·tîḵ — 3 Occ.
wa·’ă·re·šeṯ — 1 Occ.
’ar·taḥ·šaśt — 8 Occ.
’ar·taḥ·šaś·tā — 1 Occ.
lə·’ar·taḥ·šaśt — 5 Occ.
wə·’ar·taḥ·šaśt — 1 Occ.
bā·’êš — 90 Occ.
bə·’êš — 8 Occ.
ḵā·’êš — 4 Occ.
’eš·ḵem — 1 Occ.
hā·’êš — 43 Occ.
ha·’iš — 1 Occ.
’iš·šōw — 2 Occ.
kā·’êš — 3 Occ.
kə·’êš — 9 Occ.
lā·’êš — 4 Occ.
lə·’êš — 3 Occ.
mê·’êš — 1 Occ.
mê·hā·’êš — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 784
377 Occurrences
bā·’êš — 90 Occ.
bə·’êš — 8 Occ.
ḵā·’êš — 4 Occ.
’êš — 153 Occ.
’eš·ḵem — 1 Occ.
hā·’êš — 43 Occ.
ha·’iš — 1 Occ.
’iš·šōw — 2 Occ.
kā·’êš — 3 Occ.
kə·’êš — 9 Occ.
lā·’êš — 4 Occ.
lə·’êš — 3 Occ.
mê·’êš — 1 Occ.
mê·hā·’êš — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇā·’êš — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’êš — 1 Occ.
wā·’êš — 32 Occ.
wə·’êš — 16 Occ.
wə·hā·’êš — 3 Occ.
wə·’iš·šām — 1 Occ.
Genesis 15:17
BIB: עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר
NAS: oven and a flaming torch
KJV: furnace, and a burning lamp
INT: a smoking torch flaming which passedGenesis 19:24
BIB: עֲמֹרָ֖ה גָּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: brimstone and fire from the LORD
KJV: brimstone and fire from the LORD
INT: and Gomorrah brimstone and fire the LORD out Genesis 22:6
BIB: בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת־ הָאֵ֖שׁ וְאֶת־ הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת
NAS: in his hand the fire and the knife.
KJV: and he took the fire in his hand,
INT: took his hand the fire and the knife walked Genesis 22:7
BIB: וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֤ה הָאֵשׁ֙ וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים וְאַיֵּ֥ה
NAS: Behold, the fire and the wood,
KJV: And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:
INT: said Behold the fire and the wood where Exodus 3:2
BIB: אֵלָ֛יו בְּלַבַּת־ אֵ֖שׁ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֑ה
NAS: to him in a blazing fire from the midst
KJV: unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst
INT: unto A flame fire the midst of a bush Exodus 3:2
BIB: הַסְּנֶה֙ בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְהַסְּנֶ֖ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ
NAS: was burning with fire, yet the bush
KJV: burned with fire, and the bush
INT: the bush was burning fire the bush was not Exodus 9:23
BIB: וּבָרָ֔ד וַתִּ֥הֲלַךְ אֵ֖שׁ אָ֑רְצָה וַיַּמְטֵ֧ר
NAS: and hail, and fire ran
KJV: and hail, and the fire ran along
INT: and hail ran and fire to the earth rained Exodus 9:24
BIB: וַיְהִ֣י בָרָ֔ד וְאֵ֕שׁ מִתְלַקַּ֖חַת בְּת֣וֹךְ
NAS: So there was hail, and fire flashing
INT: been hail and fire flashing the midst Exodus 12:8
BIB: הַזֶּ֑ה צְלִי־ אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־
NAS: roasted with fire, and they shall eat
KJV: roast with fire, and unleavened bread;
INT: he roasted fire unleavened and Exodus 12:9
BIB: אִם־ צְלִי־ אֵ֔שׁ רֹאשׁ֥וֹ עַל־
NAS: roasted with fire, [both] its head
KJV: but roast [with] fire; his head
INT: lo roasted fire head along Exodus 12:10
BIB: עַד־ בֹּ֖קֶר בָּאֵ֥שׁ תִּשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃
NAS: morning, you shall burn with fire.
KJV: ye shall burn with fire.
INT: until morning fire shall burn Exodus 13:21
BIB: וְלַ֛יְלָה בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ לְהָאִ֣יר לָהֶ֑ם
NAS: and in a pillar of fire by night
KJV: in a pillar of fire, to give them light;
INT: night A pillar of fire to give travel Exodus 13:22
BIB: יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַמּ֥וּד הָאֵ֖שׁ לָ֑יְלָה לִפְנֵ֖י
NAS: the pillar of fire by night,
KJV: nor the pillar of fire by night,
INT: day the pillar of fire night before Exodus 14:24
BIB: מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ וְעָנָ֑ן וַיָּ֕הָם
NAS: through the pillar of fire and cloud
KJV: through the pillar of fire and of the cloud,
INT: Egyptian the pillar of fire and cloud and brought Exodus 19:18
BIB: עָלָ֛יו יְהוָ֖ה בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙
NAS: descended upon it in fire; and its smoke
KJV: descended upon it in fire: and the smoke
INT: and the LORD fire ascended smoke Exodus 22:6
BIB: כִּֽי־ תֵצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ וּמָצְאָ֤ה קֹצִים֙
NAS: If a fire breaks out and spreads
KJV: If fire break out, and catch
INT: If breaks A fire and spreads to thorn Exodus 24:17
BIB: כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה כְּאֵ֥שׁ אֹכֶ֖לֶת בְּרֹ֣אשׁ
NAS: was like a consuming fire on the mountain
KJV: [was] like devouring fire on the top
INT: of the glory of the LORD fire A consuming top Exodus 29:14
BIB: פִּרְשׁ֔וֹ תִּשְׂרֹ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה
NAS: you shall burn with fire outside
KJV: shalt thou burn with fire without
INT: refuse shall burn fire without the camp Exodus 29:34
BIB: אֶת־ הַנּוֹתָר֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ לֹ֥א יֵאָכֵ֖ל
NAS: the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten,
KJV: the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten,
INT: shall burn the remainder fire not shall not be eaten Exodus 32:20
BIB: עָשׂוּ֙ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ וַיִּטְחַ֖ן עַ֣ד
NAS: and burned [it] with fire, and ground
KJV: and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground
INT: had made and burned fire and ground against Exodus 32:24
BIB: לִ֑י וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וַיֵּצֵ֖א הָעֵ֥גֶל
NAS: [it] to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came
KJV: [it] me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out
INT: gave threw the fire came calf Exodus 35:3
BIB: לֹא־ תְבַעֲר֣וּ אֵ֔שׁ בְּכֹ֖ל מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם
NAS: You shall not kindle a fire in any
KJV: Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations
INT: shall not kindle A fire any of your dwellings Exodus 40:38
BIB: הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְאֵ֕שׁ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַ֖יְלָה
NAS: by day, and there was fire in it by night,
KJV: by day, and fire was on it by night,
INT: the tabernacle day fire become night Leviticus 1:7
BIB: אַהֲרֹ֧ן הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֵ֖שׁ עַל־ הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ
NAS: shall put fire on the altar
KJV: shall put fire upon the altar,
INT: of Aaron the priest fire on the altar Leviticus 1:7
BIB: עֵצִ֖ים עַל־ הָאֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: and arrange wood on the fire.
KJV: in order upon the fire:
INT: wood on the fire 377 Occurrences
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