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 6 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.
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
Read word by wordBecause of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
Read word by wordAnd the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
Read word by wordThe LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
Read word by wordBehold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Read word by wordAnd as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
Read word by wordThen Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
Read word by wordThen the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
Read word by wordIndeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
Read word by wordThen Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
Read word by wordBut if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
Read word by wordAll your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
Read word by wordThe Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Read word by wordI will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
Read word by wordHe will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
Read word by word“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
Read word by wordTherefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
Read word by word“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
Read word by wordThe arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
Read word by wordThe fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
Read word by wordHe burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read word by wordHe sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
Read word by wordIn fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
Read word by wordHe has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
Read word by wordThe LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
Read word by wordI looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
Read word by wordIn 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 wordFrom what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
Read word by wordAgain, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.
Read word by wordThen I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
Read word by wordThen one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
Read word by wordNo, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
Read word by wordEven when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAnd I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
Read word by wordThen they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
Read word by wordBut it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
Read word by wordFire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”
Read word by wordWhen you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
Read word by wordSay to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.3
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.36
You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.37
Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.
Read word by wordYes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
Read word by wordSo I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
Read word by wordAnd I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
Read word by wordThe mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
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