Quick Definition
to burn
Strong's Definition
to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: burn.
TWOT Reference: 2292
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Piel) to burn
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָרַף (sa.raph) — to burn. (Pael) burnt Another spelling of sa.raph (שָׂרַף "to burn" H8313)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שׂרף
Burn | verb pi
to burn = causative process by which humans cause an object to be consumed by fire
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂרַף 117 vb. burn Qal burn
Niph. be burned
Pi. his burner, usu. one burning him, but prob. burning spices for him
Pu. it was burnt up (and gone).
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