Strong's Lexicon

H3590

H3590 — כִּידּוֹד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkiydowdnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 953b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3590
Word:כִּידּוֹד
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from the same as H3589
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:kiydowd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kee-dode'
Meaning:1. (properly) something struck off, i.e. a spark (as struck)
KJV Renderings:spark.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3918

[כִּידוֺד] noun masculine spark (from above √, = strike out a spark, according to Thes Rob-Ges, compare Sta§ 216 (doubtfully), LagBN 182 ii. 147, § 71. 1, Late Hebrew כִּדּוֺד = rod (of iron, etc.); כִּדּוֺדִיּוֺתְ שֶׁל אֵשׁ i.e. red-hot rods ; but BaNB § 142, 139 derives this and כַּדְכִּד from √ כיד = Arabic [untranscribed source text 2443], [untranscribed source text 2444] emit fire (said of a fire-stick, [untranscribed source text 2445], Lane2639 b, compare 1257 b), and so Buhl) — only plural construct כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ Job 41:11 of breath of crocodile (|| לַפִּידִים).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כידוד (kee-dohd’)

Job 41:19

KJV: Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
EHCC: (11). sparks of fire leap out.
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