אֵשׁ (esh) means “fire” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aysh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אֵשׁ · esh · fire
1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: esh (אֶשָּׁא "fire" H0785)
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a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
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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 |
|---|---|
| fire | 55 |
| the fire | 48 |
| in the fire | 24 |
| a fire | 21 |
| of fire | 21 |
| and fire | 11 |
| with fire | 11 |
| like fire | 10 |
| by fire | 9 |
| into the fire | 5 |
| on fire | 5 |
| and the fire | 4 |
| may fire | 4 |
| the burning | 4 |
| for the fire | 3 |
| vvv | 3 |
| as fire | 2 |
| by the fire | 2 |
| fiery | 2 |
| is a fire | 2 |
| must be burned up | 2 |
| on the fire | 2 |
| over the fire | 2 |
| that the fire | 2 |
| the coals | 2 |
| the fiery | 2 |
| through the fire | 2 |
| to death | 2 |
| with the fire | 2 |
| a blazing fire | 1 |
| ablaze | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and a fire | 1 |
| and a flaming | 1 |
| and fiery | 1 |
| and lightning | 1 |
| and may fire | 1 |
| and the lightning | 1 |
| are fiery | 1 |
| by a flame | 1 |
| even by the fire | 1 |
| flame | 1 |
| flash like fire | 1 |
| for fire | 1 |
| from the fire | 1 |
| in a fiery | 1 |
| in fire | 1 |
| in my burning | 1 |
| into flame | 1 |
| it | 1 |
| lightning | 1 |
| like a fire | 1 |
| like a flaming | 1 |
| like burning | 1 |
| like flaming | 1 |
| of burning | 1 |
| of glowing | 1 |
| of his fire | 1 |
| of the fire | 1 |
| of your fire | 1 |
| reserved from the fire | 1 |
| so a fire | 1 |
| so fire | 1 |
| so i made fire | 1 |
| the fire set | 1 |
| their fire | 1 |
| then fire | 1 |
| then the fire | 1 |
| then you must burn up | 1 |
| there was a fire | 1 |
| they will use them for fuel | 1 |
| through fire | 1 |
| to fuel the flames | 1 |
| to the fire | 1 |
| was like fire | 1 |
| when the fire | 1 |
| with a fiery | 1 |
| with lightning | 1 |
| with you inside | 1 |
| yet another fire | 1 |
| you have kindled | 1 |
| you must burn up | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| with fire | 58 |
| fire | 51 |
| of fire | 34 |
| the fire | 30 |
| a fire | 29 |
| in the fire | 17 |
| of the fire | 15 |
| on fire | 10 |
| and fire | 9 |
| and the fire | 9 |
| it with fire | 9 |
| like fire | 7 |
| into the fire | 6 |
| no fire | 4 |
| through the fire | 4 |
| as the fire | 3 |
| by fire | 3 |
| by the fire | 3 |
| on the fire | 3 |
| upon the fire | 3 |
| and a fire | 2 |
| he with fire | 2 |
| in fire | 2 |
| them with fire | 2 |
| to the fire | 2 |
| with the fire | 2 |
| a fiery | 1 |
| a hot | 1 |
| against thee in the fire | 1 |
| and a burning | 1 |
| and if not let fire | 1 |
| and let fire | 1 |
| and out of the fire | 1 |
| as a fire | 1 |
| as it were fire | 1 |
| because the fire | 1 |
| behold the fire | 1 |
| but a fire | 1 |
| but if not let fire | 1 |
| for a fire | 1 |
| for by fire | 1 |
| for the fire | 1 |
| for there is a fire | 1 |
| from the fire | 1 |
| how the fire | 1 |
| if fire | 1 |
| it in the fire | 1 |
| it into the fire | 1 |
| it on fire | 1 |
| let fire | 1 |
| like the burning of a fire | 1 |
| neither shall their fire | 1 |
| not for a fire | 1 |
| not in the fire | 1 |
| not the fire | 1 |
| of burning | 1 |
| of his fire | 1 |
| of them the fire | 1 |
| of your fire | 1 |
| out of the fire | 1 |
| over him with fire | 1 |
| shall be a fire | 1 |
| shall be for a fire | 1 |
| so a fire | 1 |
| surely in the fire | 1 |
| that the fire | 1 |
| them as a fiery | 1 |
| them in the fire | 1 |
| them with the fire | 1 |
| then let fire | 1 |
| then the fire | 1 |
| there shall the fire | 1 |
| therefore as the fire | 1 |
| thereof shall a fire | 1 |
| thereof with fire | 1 |
| thou the fire | 1 |
| through fire | 1 |
| to fire | 1 |
| unto the fire | 1 |
| upon it in fire | 1 |
| upon thee with fire | 1 |
| upon you in the fire | 1 |
| what time the fire | 1 |
| when the fire | 1 |
| which the fire | 1 |
| with flaming | 1 |
| yea the fire | 1 |
Page 2 of 7. 348 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
Read word by wordIf a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Read word by wordNadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
Read word by wordThen at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
Read word by wordOn the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
Read word by wordIt remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.
Read word by wordSoon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Read word by wordAnd the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Read word by wordSo that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
Read word by wordAnd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Read word by wordand tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
Read word by wordSo each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by wordAnd fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Read word by word“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.2
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.11
A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
Read word by wordFor a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
Read word by wordAnd the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
Read word by wordbut Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
Read word by wordThen they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
Read word by wordeverything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
Read word by wordwho went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
Read word by wordYou came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice.
Read word by wordSo since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
Read word by wordFor the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Read word by wordHas a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
Read word by wordHe let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
Read word by wordThe LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
Read word by wordAt that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
Read word by wordThe LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Read word by wordAnd when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
Read word by wordand you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
Read word by wordBut now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
Read word by wordFor who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
Read word by wordInstead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
Read word by wordYou must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Read word by wordBut understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
Read word by wordThen the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
Read word by wordSo I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
Read word by wordAnd I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
Read word by wordTear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
Read word by wordYou must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
Read word by wordAnd you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.17
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
Read word by wordThis is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordHe said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
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