אֵשׁ
ʼêsh · aysh
fire (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive word;
fire (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵשׁ 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
378 occurrences · 378 OT · 0 NT · 97 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with fire58 · 19%
- fire46 · 15%
- of fire34 · 11%
- the fire29 · 10%
- a fire28 · 9%
- of the fire15 · 5%
- in the fire13 · 4%
- on fire10 · 3%
- and fire9 · 3%
- it with fire9 · 3%
- and the fire9 · 3%
- like fire7 · 2%
- into the fire4 · 1%
- through the fire4 · 1%
- no fire4 · 1%
- that is on the fire3 · 1%
- it in the fire3 · 1%
- as the fire3 · 1%
- by fire3 · 1%
- by the fire3 · 1%
- and a fire2 · 1%
- he with fire2 · 1%
- them with fire2 · 1%
- upon the fire2 · 1%
- it into the fire2 · 1%
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.