לַ֫הַב

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences5 books10 verses

Definition

from an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon
Traditional renderings: blade, bright, flame, glittering.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לַ֫הַב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Judges 3:22הַלַּ֗הַב · the blade; הַלַּ֔הַב · it
    Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
  2. Judges 13:20הַלַּ֜הַב · When the flame; בְּלַ֣הַב · flame
    When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
  3. Job 39:23לַ֖הַב · along with a flashing
    A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
  4. Job 41:21וְ֝לַ֗הַב · and flames
    His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
  5. Isaiah 13:8לְהָבִ֖ים · flushed
    Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
  6. Isaiah 29:6וְלַ֖הַב · flame
    …you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
  7. Isaiah 30:30וְלַ֖הַב · with a flame
    And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  8. Isaiah 66:15בְּלַהֲבֵי־ · with flames
    For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
  9. Joel 2:5לַ֣הַב
    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
  10. Nahum 3:3וְלַ֤הַב · flashing
    Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—