Gechel גַּחֶ֫לֶת

Gechel (Hebrew גַּחֶ֫לֶת, Strong's H1513) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “coal”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Gechel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus

• Leviticus 16:12
  And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 14:7
  And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
• 2 Samuel 22:9
  There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
• 2 Samuel 22:13
  Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

Job

• Job 41:21
  His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.

Psalms

• Psalm 18:8
  There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
• Psalm 18:12
  At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalm 18:13
  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalm 120:4
  Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
• Psalm 140:10
  Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:28
  Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
• Proverbs 25:22
  For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
• Proverbs 26:21
  As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 44:19
  And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
• Isaiah 47:14
  Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 1:13
  As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
• Ezekiel 10:2
  And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
• Ezekiel 24:11
  Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).