לֶהָבָה
le.ha.vahflameHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine19 occurrences11 books19 verses
Definition
or לַהֶבֶת; feminine of H3851, and meaning the same
Traditional renderings: flame(-ming), head (of a spear).
Traditional renderings: flame(-ming), head (of a spear).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לֶהָבָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Numbers 21:28לֶהָבָ֖ה · a blazeFor a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
- 1 Samuel 17:7וְלַהֶ֣בֶת · pointThe shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
- Psalm 29:7לַהֲב֥וֹת · with flamesThe voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.
- Psalm 83:14וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה · as a flameAs fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
- Psalm 105:32לֶהָב֣וֹתHe gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
- Psalm 106:18לֶ֝הָבָ֗ה · flamesThen fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- Isaiah 4:5לֶהָבָ֖ה · flameThen the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
- Isaiah 5:24לֶֽהָבָה֙ · in the flameTherefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 10:17לְלֶהָבָ֑ה · a flameAnd the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
- Isaiah 43:2וְלֶהָבָ֖ה · the flamesWhen you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
- Isaiah 47:14לֶֽהָבָ֑ה · of the flameSurely 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.
- Jeremiah 48:45וְלֶֽהָבָה֙ · and a flame“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
- Lamentations 2:3לֶֽהָבָ֔ה · like a flamingIn fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- Ezekiel 20:47לַהֶ֣בֶת · flameSay 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.
- Daniel 11:33וּבְלֶהָבָ֛ה · or flameThose with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
- Hosea 7:6לֶהָבָֽה׃ · like a flamingFor they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- Joel 1:19וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה · and flamesTo You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
- Joel 2:3לֶֽהָבָ֑ה · a flameBefore them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.
- Obadiah 1:18לֶהָבָ֗ה · a burning flameThen the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.