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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Kings 18:38 - Fire
1 Kings 18:38 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Then the fire | H784 | אֵשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] fire (literally or figuratively) |
| of the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
| fell | H5307 | נָפַל |
[Verb] to {fall} in a great variety of applications (intransitively or {causatively} literally or figuratively) |
| and consumed | H398 | אָכַל |
[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| the burnt sacrifice | H5930 | עֹלָה |
[Noun Feminine] a step or (collectively {stairs} as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) |
| and the wood | H6086 | עֵץ |
[Noun Masculine] a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks) |
| and the stones | H68 | אֶבֶן |
[Noun Feminine] a stone |
| and the dust | H6083 | עָפָר |
[Noun Masculine] dust (as powdered or gray); hence {clay} {earth } mud |
| and licked up | H3897 | לָחַךְ |
[Verb] to lick |
| the water | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
| that | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
| was in the trench | H8585 | תְּעָלָה |
[Noun Feminine] a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.