Ach אָח
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| אָח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ach |
| Strong's number | H254 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | hearth |
| Occurrences | 3 in 2 verses |
Ach (Hebrew אָח, Strong's H254) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “hearth”. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
fire-pot, brazier
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hearth (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fire (1), firepot (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 36:22Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
- Jeremiah 36:23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).