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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7565 - רֶשֶׁף

Transliteration

resheph

Phonetics

reh'-shef

Origin

from (H8313)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2223a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

flame, firebolt, spark
1. flame
2. fire-bolt

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 440 ‑ ἄνθραξ (anth'‑rax); 2904 ‑ κράτος (krat'‑os); 4442 ‑ πῦρ (poor);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Deuteronomy 1

Psalms 2

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

BSB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

CSB (5)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

ESV (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Habakkuk 1

KJV (6)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Song of Solomon 1

Habakkuk 1

LEB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

Psalms 2

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

LSB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

N95 (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

NAS (8)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Psalms 3

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

Deuteronomy 1

Psalms 3

Song of Solomon 2

Habakkuk 1

ASV (6)

and fiery bolts 1

the arrows 1

the flashes 1

thereof are flashes 1

to hot thunderbolts 1

with burning heat 1

BSB (6)

and fever 1

by pestilence 1

flames 1

its sparks 1

the flaming arrows 1

to bolts of lightning 1

CSB (5)

by pestilence 1

flames 1

flaming arrows 1

lightning bolts 1

pestilence 1

ESV (4)

flashing 1

heat 1

plague 1

thunderbolts 1

KJV (6)

arrows 1

coals 1

coals thereof are coals 1

heat 1

sparks 1

thunderbolts 1

LEB (6)

and pestilence 1

are flashes of 1

by plague 1

its flashes 1

the flames of 1

to the lightning bolts 1

LSB (8)

bolts 1

flaming 1

flashes 2

lightning 1

of 1

plague 2

N95 (4)

flashes 2

plague 2

NAS (8)

bolts 1

flames 2

flaming 1

lightning 1

of 1

plague 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

are flashes 1

its flashes 1

of the bow 1

the flaming arrows 1

to hot thunderbolts 1

with burning heat 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2800) p s r (רסהפ RShP) AC: ? CO: Spark AB: ?

N^m ) p s r (רסהפ RShP) - Spark: The spark of a fire or thunderbolt. Also an arrow as a flashing thunderbolt. KJV (7): coal, heat, spark, arrow, thunderbolt - Strongs: H7565 (רֶשֶׁף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. רֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculine^{Habakkuk 3:5} flame, fire-bolt; — absolute ׳ר Deuteronomy 32:24 +; plural רְשָׁפִים Psalm 78:48, construct ׳רִשְׁפֵ Psalm 76:4, רִשְׁמֵּי Song of Solomon 8:6; suffix רְשֶׁפֶיהָ Song of Solomon 8:6; —

1 flame: אֵשׁ׳ר ׳ר Song of Solomon 8:6 its flames (that is of אַהֲבָה, קִנְאָה) are flames of fire; ׳בְּנֵי ר Job 5:7 = sparks; ׳ר = pointed flame of lighting Psalm 78:48 ("" בָּרָד); קָ֑שֶׁת׳ר Psalm 76:4 Sharp flames of the bow, figurative for arrows.

2 fire-bolt of ׳יְ brining pestilence and death, Deuteronomy 32:24 (compare Dr; "" קֶטֶב מְרִירִי), Habakkuk 3:5 ("" דֶּבֶר).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רֶשֶׁף m.

(1) a flame, Song of Solomon 8:6 comp. Chald., Psalms 78:48. Targum.

(2) lightning, Psalms 78:48. Hence poet., 76:4, רִשְׁפֵי קֶשֶׁת “lightnings of the bow,” i.e. arrows, and Job 5:7, בְּנֵי רֶשֶׁף “sons of lightning,” i.e. ravenous birds flying with the rapidity of lightning, Job 5:7.

(3) a burning fever, a plague, by which the body is inflamed (compare חֵמָה heat and poison). Deuteronomy 32:24: לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף “consumed with pestilence,” Habakkuk 3:5 (where there is in the other hemistich דֶּבֶר plague).

(4) [Resheph], pr.n. 1 Chronicles 7:25.

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List of Word Forms

לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃ לרשפים׃ רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י רִשְׁפֵי־ רֶ֖שֶׁף רֶ֝֗שֶׁף רשף רשפי רשפי־ רשפיה lā·rə·šā·p̄îm lārəšāp̄îm lareshaFim rə·šā·p̄e·hā re·šep̄ rəšāp̄ehā rešep̄ reshaFeiha Reshef riš·pê riš·p̄ê- rishfei rishPei rišpê rišp̄ê-