Strong's Lexicon

H3852

H3852 — לֶהָבָה לַהֶבֶת

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

Hebrewlehabahnoun femOccurrences: 19TWOT: 1077b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3852
Word:	לֶהָבָה לַהֶבֶת
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H3851
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	19
Transliteration:	lehabah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	leh-aw-baw' (or lahebeth {lah-eh'-beth}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. meaning the same as H3851
KJV Renderings:	flame(-ming), head (of a spear).

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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.

BDB4331

לַבַּת אֵשׁ Exod 3:2 see לֶהָבָה above

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

להבה (leh-h)

Numbers 21:28

KJV: For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

EHCC: a flame from the city of Sihon:

Psalms 29:7

KJV: The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.divideth: Heb. cutteth out

EHCC: The voice of the Lord divideth the flumes

Psalms 83:14

KJV: As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

EHCC: (15).and as the flame setteth the mountains

Isaiah 4:5

KJV: And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.upon all: or, above alldefence: Heb. covering

EHCC: the shining of a flaming fre

Jeremiah 48:45

KJV: They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.tumultuous…: Heb. children of noise

EHCC: 0 flame from the midst of Sihon,

Lamentations 2:3

KJV: He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

EHCC: burned against Jacob Like a flaming fire,

Daniel 11:38

KJV: But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.in…: or, as for the Almighty God, in his seat he shall honour yea, he shall honour a god, whom, etcestate: or, steadforces: or, munitions: Heb. Mauzzim, or, God’s protectorspleasant: Heb. things desired

EHCC: they shall fall by the sword, and by flame,

Hosea 7:6

KJV: For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.made…: or, applied

EHCC: in the morning it burneth asa flaming fire.

Joel 1:19

KJV: O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.pastures: or, habitations

EHCC: the flame hath burned all the trees