Saraph שָׂרַף

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Saraph
שָׂרַף
Transliterationsaraph
Strong's numberH8313
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto burn
Occurrences117 in 107 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (22)

Saraph (Hebrew שָׂרַף, Strong's H8313) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to burn”. It occurs 117 times in 107 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to burn
1a) (Qal) to burn
1b) (Niphal) to be burned
1c) (Piel) burner, burning (participle)
1d) (Pual) to be burnt up, be burned
Also means: sa.raph (סָרַף "to burn" H5635)

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

Translated as

KJVburn (39), burnt (36), burned (32), burneth (4), up (2), kindled (1), utterly burned (1), made (1)
BSBburned (8), burn (7), he burned (7), must be burned (3), burned it (2), must be burned up (2), they burned (2), burn up (2), burned up (2), burned down (2), down (2), burned it down (2), and 57 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Amos

Micah

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).
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