רֶ֫שֶׁף
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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences5 books6 verses
Definition
from H8313; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever
Traditional renderings: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, spark, hot thunderbolt.
Traditional renderings: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, spark, hot thunderbolt.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רֶ֫שֶׁף:
- πῦρpur“fire”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Deuteronomy 32:24רֶ֖שֶׁף · by pestilenceThey will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- Job 5:7רֶ֝֗שֶׁףYet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
- Psalm 76:3רִשְׁפֵי־ · the flaming arrowsThere He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
- Psalm 78:48לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃ · to bolts of lightningHe abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
- Song of Solomon 8:6רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ · Its sparks; רִשְׁפֵּ֕י · flamesSet 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.
- Habakkuk 3:5רֶ֖שֶׁף · and feverPlague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.