רֶשֶׁף
resheph · reh'-shef
a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8313 (שָׂרַף);
a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever
- a live coal
- by analogy, lightning
- figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air)
- specifically, fever
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word
The head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֶשֶׁף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with burning heat1 · 14%
- as the sparks1 · 14%
- he the arrows1 · 14%
- to hot thunderbolts1 · 14%
- the coals1 · 14%
- thereof are coals1 · 14%
- and burning coals1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.