לַפִּיד

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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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לַפִּיד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Genesis 15:17וְלַפִּ֣יד · torch
    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.
  2. Exodus 20:18הַלַּפִּידִ֗ם · and lightning
    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.
  3. Judges 7:16וְלַפִּדִ֖ים · a torch
    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.
  4. Judges 7:20בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים · the torches
    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!”
  5. Judges 15:4לַפִּדִ֗ים · torches; לַפִּ֥יד · torch
    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.
  6. Judges 15:5בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים · the torches
    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.
  7. Job 41:19לַפִּידִ֣ים · Firebrands
    Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
  8. Isaiah 62:1כְּלַפִּ֥יד · torch
    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.
  9. Ezekiel 1:13הַלַּפִּדִ֔ים · of torches
    In 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.
  10. Daniel 10:6כְּלַפִּ֣ידֵי · torches
    His 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.
  11. Nahum 2:4כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם · like torches
    The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
  12. Zechariah 12:6וּכְלַפִּ֥יד · torch
    On 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.