שָׂרַף
sâraph · saw-raf'
to be (causatively, set) on fire
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causatively, set) on fire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- 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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To consume, to destroy of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂרַף 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
117 occurrences · 117 OT · 0 NT · 86 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and burnt10 · 13%
- and burned10 · 13%
- and burn9 · 12%
- and he shall burn4 · 5%
- it shall be burnt4 · 5%
- shall be burnt3 · 4%
- to burn3 · 4%
- burned3 · 4%
- and he burnt3 · 4%
- and they shall burn3 · 4%
- burnt3 · 4%
- and they burnt3 · 4%
- and he that burneth2 · 3%
- shall ye burn2 · 3%
- he burnt2 · 3%
- shall he burn2 · 3%
- had burned2 · 3%
- it, and burn2 · 3%
- he burneth2 · 3%
- him as he burned1 · 1%
- shall he be burnt1 · 1%
- then thou shalt burn1 · 1%
- shalt thou burn1 · 1%
- ye shall burn1 · 1%
- and let her be burnt1 · 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.