Strong's Lexicon

H3940

H3940 — לַפִּידּ לַפִּד

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

Hebrewlappiydnoun mascOccurrences: 14TWOT: 1122a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3940
Word:	לַפִּידּ לַפִּד
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root probably meaning to shine
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	14
Transliteration:	lappiyd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	lap-peed' (or lappid {lap-peed'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV Renderings:	(fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.

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BDB4444

לַפּיד noun masculine^{Judg 15:4} torch (Late Hebrew id.); — ׳ ל absolute Judg 15:4; Isa 62:1 construct Gen 15:17; Zech 12:6 plural לַפִּידִים Judg 15:5 + 2 t., לַפִּידִם Exod 20:18, לַפִּדִים Judg 7:16 + 3 t.; construct לַפִּידֵי Dan 10:6: — torch, Judg 7:16; Judg 7:20; Judg 15:4 (twice in verse); Judg 15:5 (kindled, ׳ הִבְעִיר אֵשׁ בְּ); לַפִּיד אֵשׁ Gen 15:17 ( + עָשָׁן, תַּנּוּר; J E ), Zech 12:6 (simile of conquering power of [chiefs of] Judah; || כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ), לַפִּידֵי אֵשׁ Dan 10:6 (simile of eyes of angel in vision; || וּפָנָיו כְּמַרְאֵה בָרָק); simile of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Nah 2:15 (|| בְּרָקִים); ׳ ל of lightning-flashes Exod 20:18 ( E ; + קוֺלֹת thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Job 41:11 (|| כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ); of flame between cherubim Ezek 1:13 (|| גַּחֲלֵיֿ אֵשׁ, אֵשׁ); simile of Zion's glorious deliverance Isa 62:1 (|| נֹגַהּ). — לַפִּיד Job 12:5 see below פִּיד.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לפיד (lap-peed’)

Exodus 90:18

EHCC: וומו the ץ:וֹ:נװנ» ran the Hightsings,

Judges 7:16

KJV: And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.a trumpet…: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of themlamps: or, firebrands, or, torches

EHCC: and lamps within the pitchers, (murg..£»

Judges 15:4

KJV: And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.firebrands: or, torches

EHCC: and took firebrands (marg. tore). wt

Job 12:5

KJV: He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

EHCC: (as) a lamp despised .

Job 41:19

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

EHCC: 1 ו ( . Out of his mouth go burniag xs.

Daniel 10:6

KJV: His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

EHCC: bis eyes as lamps of fire,

Nahum 2:4

KJV: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.they: Heb. their show

EHCC: (5). they shall seem like torches,

Zechariah 12:6

KJV: In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

EHCC: and like a tore of fre