| Easton's Bible Dictionary Isaiah 7:4, Amos 4:11, Zechariah 3:2, denotes the burnt end of a stick (Hebrews `ud); in Judges 15:4, a lamp or torch, a flambeau (Hebrews lappid); in Proverbs 26:18 (Comp. Ephesians 6:16), burning darts or arrows (Hebrews zikkim). Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A piece of burning wood. 2. (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FIREBRAND fir'-brand ('udh, used for a burning stick taken out of the fire):
In Judges 15:4, 5 describing the "brands" (margin "torches") which Samson tied to the foxes' tails, the word is lappidh ("lamp"; see Judges 7:16, 20 the Revised Version (British and American), "torches"). Other words are ziqqim, "sparks," "flames" (fiery darts; Proverbs 26:18), and ziqoth (Isaiah 50:11); 'udh is used figuratively of angry men (Isaiah 7:4), and of those mercifully rescued from destruction (Amos 4:11 Zechariah 3:2; the Revised Version (British and American) "brand"). the Revised Version (British and American) gives "firebrand" as translation of moqedh (the King James Version "hearth") in Psalm 102:3, "My bones are burned as a firebrand" (margin "as a hearth").
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W. L. Walker | Multi-Version Concordance Firebrand (3 Occurrences) Judges 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. (Root in KJV ASV) Psalms 102:3 For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a firebrand. (WEB ASV DBY) Amos 4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. (KJV NAS) |