שָׂרַף (sa.raph) means “to burn” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-raf' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂרַף · sa.raph · to burn
1) to burn 1a) (Qal) to burn 1b) (Niphal) to be burned 1c) (Piel) burner, burning (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be burnt up, be burned Also means: sa.raph (סָרַף "to burn" H5635)
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a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire
KJV glosses: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.
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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 |
|---|---|
| and burned | 6 |
| he burned | 4 |
| and burn | 3 |
| burn | 3 |
| burned | 3 |
| must be burned | 3 |
| and burn it | 2 |
| and burned it down | 2 |
| and he burned them | 2 |
| burn up | 2 |
| down | 2 |
| had burned | 2 |
| he burned down | 2 |
| he burns | 2 |
| must be burned up | 2 |
| then he burned | 2 |
| they burned | 2 |
| they burned down | 2 |
| will be burned | 2 |
| and bake them | 1 |
| and burn down | 1 |
| and burn it down | 1 |
| and burned down | 1 |
| and burned it | 1 |
| and burned their bodies | 1 |
| and burned up | 1 |
| and completely burn | 1 |
| and he burned | 1 |
| and he will burn it down | 1 |
| and nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples | 1 |
| and there he must burn | 1 |
| and we burned down | 1 |
| are burned | 1 |
| are to be burned | 1 |
| be burned | 1 |
| be burned down | 1 |
| burned it | 1 |
| burns them to ashes | 1 |
| burnt | 1 |
| by those who had been burned up | 1 |
| fire | 1 |
| has burned | 1 |
| has ignited | 1 |
| have burned | 1 |
| he burned up | 1 |
| he had set it | 1 |
| he is to burn | 1 |
| he will burn down | 1 |
| i burned | 1 |
| it and burn it down | 1 |
| it burned down | 1 |
| it had been burned up | 1 |
| it is to be burned up | 1 |
| it must be burned | 1 |
| joshua burned down | 1 |
| josiah burned up | 1 |
| let her be burned to death | 1 |
| on which to burn | 1 |
| people will burn spices | 1 |
| set fire to | 1 |
| set on fire | 1 |
| she must be burned | 1 |
| so they could burn | 1 |
| that they be burned | 1 |
| the one who burned | 1 |
| the one who burns | 1 |
| then the chaldeans set fire to | 1 |
| then the israelites burned up | 1 |
| then they will burn down | 1 |
| they will burn it down | 1 |
| to burn | 1 |
| to set it on fire | 1 |
| we will burn | 1 |
| who will destroy it | 1 |
| will be burned down | 1 |
| will burn them up | 1 |
| you are to burn up | 1 |
| you must burn | 1 |
| you must burn it | 1 |
| you must burn up | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and burnt | 11 |
| and burned | 10 |
| and burn | 9 |
| burned | 7 |
| and he shall burn | 4 |
| it shall be burnt | 4 |
| and he burnt | 3 |
| and they burnt | 3 |
| and they shall burn | 3 |
| burnt | 3 |
| shall be burnt | 3 |
| to burn | 3 |
| and he that burneth | 2 |
| had burned | 2 |
| he burneth | 2 |
| he burnt | 2 |
| it and burn | 2 |
| shall burn | 2 |
| shall he burn | 2 |
| shall ye burn | 2 |
| thou shalt burn | 2 |
| and behold it was burnt | 1 |
| and burn up | 1 |
| and he burned | 1 |
| and let her be burnt | 1 |
| and they made | 1 |
| and they shall be utterly | 1 |
| and they were burned | 1 |
| and we burned | 1 |
| burn | 1 |
| hath burned | 1 |
| hath kindled | 1 |
| he shall therefore burn | 1 |
| him as he burned | 1 |
| i have burned | 1 |
| lest we burn | 1 |
| not be burned | 1 |
| shall he be burnt | 1 |
| shall not be burned | 1 |
| shalt thou burn | 1 |
| she shall be burnt | 1 |
| that he would not burn | 1 |
| thee so shall they burn | 1 |
| then thou shalt burn | 1 |
| thereof and shalt burn | 1 |
| thereof because he burned | 1 |
| thereof shall be burned | 1 |
| they have burned | 1 |
| they have burned up | 1 |
| they have burnt | 1 |
| they shall be burnt | 1 |
| thou hast burned | 1 |
| to be burned | 1 |
| wherewith they that were burnt | 1 |
| which are burned | 1 |
| with thee we will burn | 1 |
| ye shall burn | 1 |
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all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
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 wordAnd he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
Read word by wordHe also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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 wordThey brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
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 wordThen the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
Read word by wordHe brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
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 even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
Read word by wordAnd as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
Read word by wordOn the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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 wordThere the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
Read word by wordKing Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Read word by wordAnd he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
Read word by wordThen he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Read word by wordThen the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
Read word by wordbefore his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.34
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 46.10
They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
Read word by wordYour vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 80.17
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Read word by wordYour land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
Read word by wordHe burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
Read word by wordAnd no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
Read word by wordSurely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
Read word by wordThey have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
Read word by wordThey have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
Read word by wordFor I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with 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 wordyou will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
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 wordEven though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
Read word by wordAfter the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
Read word by word“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
Read word by wordYou are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
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 wordThe fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
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