Shalhevet שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת
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| שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shalhevet |
| Strong's number | H7957 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | flame |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Shalhevet (Hebrew שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת, Strong's H7957) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “flame”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
flame
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | flame (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | flame (1), fiercest blaze of all (1), blazing (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shalhevet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 20:47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
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).