Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame. 2. (n.) A flashlight. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TORCH torch (lappidh; lampas; in the King James Version this word occurs only 4 times (Nahum 2:3, 4 (Hebrew 4, 5); Zechariah 12:6 John 18:3). In the Revised Version (British and American) it is found 10 times (Genesis 15:17 Judges 7:16, 20 Job 41:19 (Hebrew 11); Ezekiel 1:13 Daniel 10:6 Nahum 2:4 (Hebrew 5); Zechariah 12:6 John 18:3 Revelation 8:10)): A flambeau; a large portable light. See LAMP; LANTERN.

Multi-Version Concordance Torch (6 Occurrences) Revelation 8:10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters. (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 15:17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV) Judges 15:4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between every two tails. (Root in WEB JPS DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Job 12:5 A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. (YLT) Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth. (See JPS DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Zechariah 12:6 In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)