H3940 - לַפִּיד (lappîyd)

H3940 לַפִּיד (lappîyd) lap-peed'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

torch

Strong's Definition

a flambeau, lamp or flame

Derivation: or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine;

KJV Usage: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.

TWOT Reference: 1122a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) torch

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

torch

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לַפִּד / לַפִּיד lappý̂yd / lappid BDB Definition: 1) torch Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root probably meaning to shine Same Word by TWOT Number: 1122a Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (12)

15:17

20:18

7:16 7:20 15:4 15:5

41:19

62:1

1:13

10:6

2:4

12:6

Genesis 15:17

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen,... behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves [of the carcasses].

Exodus 20:18

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

Judges 7:16

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar [in the other], containing a torch -.

Judges 7:20

The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns... in their right hands, they shouted, A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!

Judges 15:4

Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail...,... and fastened a torch between each pair of tails....

Judges 15:5

Then he lit... the torches and released [the foxes] into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain... and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

Job 41:19

Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.