TBESH · H3940
לַפִּיד · lap.pid · torch
torch
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lap.pid H3940
לַפִּיד (lap.pid) means “torch” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
לַפִּיד Hebrew · H3940 13 tagged occurrences in 12 verses
Pronunciation guide: lap-peed' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV glosses: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
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How translators render H3940
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| torch | 4 |
| the torches | 2 |
| torches | 2 |
| a torch | 1 |
| and lightning | 1 |
| firebrands | 1 |
| like torches | 1 |
| of torches | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a lamp | 1 |
| and lamps | 1 |
| and like a torch | 1 |
| and the lightnings | 1 |
| as lamps | 1 |
| burning lamps | 1 |
| firebrand | 1 |
| firebrands | 1 |
| lamp | 1 |
| like torches | 1 |
| of lamps | 1 |
| the brands | 1 |
| the lamps | 1 |
| thereof as a lamp | 1 |
Verses containing H3940
Page 1 of 1. 12 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 15:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Read word by word - Exodus 20:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Read word by word - Judges 7:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
Read word by word - Judges 7:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Read word by word - Judges 15:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
Read word by word - Judges 15:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Read word by word - Job 41:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.11
- Isaiah 62:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 1:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
Read word by word - Daniel 10:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
Read word by word - Nahum 2:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.5
- Zechariah 12:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
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