Definition
a primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
Traditional renderings: burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
Traditional renderings: burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לָהַט:
- ἀνάπτωanaptō“to set fire”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- Deuteronomy 32:22וַתְּלַהֵ֖ט · and scorchesFor a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- Job 41:21תְּלַהֵ֑ט · ablazeHis breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
- Psalm 57:4לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים · with ravenous beastsMy soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalm 83:14תְּלַהֵ֥ט · setsAs fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
- Psalm 97:3וּתְלַהֵ֖ט · and consumesFire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
- Psalm 104:4לֹהֵֽט׃ · flamesHe makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
- Psalm 106:18תְּלַהֵ֥ט · consumedThen fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- Isaiah 42:25וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּ · in flamesSo He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
- Joel 1:19לִהֲטָ֖ה · have scorchedTo You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
- Joel 2:3תְּלַהֵ֣ט · scorchesBefore 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.
- Malachi 4:1וְלִהַ֨ט · when I will set them ablaze“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”