לַפִּיד
lap.pidtorchHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine13 occurrences9 books12 verses
Definition
or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
Traditional renderings: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Traditional renderings: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לַפִּיד:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- Genesis 15:17וְלַפִּ֣יד · torchWhen 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 20:18הַלַּפִּידִ֗ם · and lightningWhen 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 7:16וְלַפִּדִ֖ים · a torchAnd 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 7:20בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים · the torchesThe 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 15:4לַפִּדִ֗ים · torches; לַפִּ֥יד · torchThen 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 15:5בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים · the torchesThen 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 41:19לַפִּידִ֣ים · FirebrandsFirebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
- Isaiah 62:1כְּלַפִּ֥יד · torchFor 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.
- Ezekiel 1:13הַלַּפִּדִ֔ים · of torchesIn the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
- Daniel 10:6כְּלַפִּ֣ידֵי · torchesHis body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
- Nahum 2:4כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם · like torchesThe chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
- Zechariah 12:6וּכְלַפִּ֥יד · torchOn that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.