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 3 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.
The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
Read word by word“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
Read word by wordAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
Read word by wordand as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
Read word by wordJoshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Read word by wordThe Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
Read word by wordThen the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
Read word by wordThen the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
Read word by wordBut the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
Read word by wordBut if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
Read word by wordSo each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
Read word by wordWhen Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
Read word by wordThen the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
Read word by wordSo on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”
Read word by wordThen 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“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
Read word by wordWhen Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
Read word by wordWhile the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
Read word by wordAfter they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
Read word by wordAnd the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
Read word by wordOn the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
Read word by wordWhen David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
Read word by wordWe raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
Read word by wordThen Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Read word by wordThen Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
Read word by wordSmoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Read word by wordFrom the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
Read word by wordThe man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
Read word by wordPharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Read word by wordWhen Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
Read word by wordGet two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
Read word by wordThen you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
Read word by wordThen Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
Read word by wordThen the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
Read word by wordAfter the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
Read word by wordElijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
Read word by wordAgain Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
Read word by wordBehold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
Read word by wordAs they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Read word by wordThen Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Read word by word“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
Read word by wordInstead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Read word by wordThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordthe Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
Read word by wordThey have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
Read word by wordHe sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordHe also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Read word by wordAnd he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
Read word by wordHe burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
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