Strong's Lexicon

H3827

H3827 — לַבָּה

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

Hebrewlabbahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1077b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3827
Word:לַבָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:for H3852
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:labbah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:lab-baw'
Meaning:1. flame
KJV Renderings:flame.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4330

לֶהָבָה noun feminine id.; — ׳ ל Num 21:28 + 13 t., לַהֶ֫בֶת absolute Job 15:30 construct Ezek 21:3 לַבַּת Exod 3:3 (= לַהְבַּת; Samaritan להבת, see Di); plural לָהָבוֺת Ps 105:32 construct לַהֲבוֺת Ps 29:7

1. flame, in poetry (|| or + אֵשׁ, except Ps 29:7; Dan 11:33); of fire consuming (לָהַט ) Dathan, etc. Ps 106:18 (compare Num 16:35); wasting (לָהַט) mountains Num 83:15 consuming (אָכַל, בָּעֵר) chaff (in simile) Isa 5:24 of lightning (with hail) ׳ אשׁ ל Ps 105:32 (compare Exod 9:24), Ps 29:7 אֵשּׁ ׳ ל (on text of see compare Che); simile of judgment, ׳ אֵשׁ ל Lam 2:3 (verb אָכַל) Hos 7:6 (verb כָּעֵר) Isa 47:14 ׅ ׳ (מִיַד ל; compare Isa 10:17; Obad 1:18 ׳ שַׁלְה ׳ ל Ezek 21:3 figurative of drought Joel 1:19, of locusts' ravages Joel 2:3 (verb לָהַט in both); of war Num 21:28; Jer 48:4 (both verb אָכַל); compare Dan 11:33 ׅ || (חֶרֶב; of calamity Isa 43:2 symbolic ׳ נֹגַהּ אֵשׁ ל of ׳ י's presence Isa 4:5 (compare Exod 13:21); לַבַּת אֵשׁ Exod 3:2.
2. point, head of spear 1Sam 17:7.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבה (lab-bah’)

Exodus 3:2

KJV: And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
EHCC: angel of the Lord appeared...in a flame of
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