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לֶהָבָה H3852
H3852 is the Hebrew word לֶהָבָה, transliterated lehâbâh and said leh-aw-baw'. The King James Version most often renders it flame.
What it means
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}.
Where it comes from
or לַהֶבֶת; feminine of H3851 (לַהַב), and meaning the same.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: flame(-ming), head (of a spear).
Verses using לֶהָבָה
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 21:28 · KJV
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
1 Samuel 17:7 · KJV
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
Psalm 29:7 · KJV
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
Psalm 83:14 · KJV
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
Psalm 105:32 · KJV
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
Psalm 106:18 · KJV
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Isaiah 4:5 · KJV
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Isaiah 5:24 · KJV
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 10:17 · KJV
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
Isaiah 43:2 · KJV
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Isaiah 47:14 · KJV
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Jeremiah 48:45 · KJV
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Lamentations 2:3 · KJV
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Ezekiel 20:47 · KJV
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
Daniel 11:33 · KJV
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Hosea 7:6 · KJV
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Joel 1:19 · KJV
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Joel 2:3 · KJV
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Obadiah 1:18 · KJV
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3852 mean?
H3852 is the Hebrew word לֶהָבָה (lehâbâh), meaning {a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}.
How is H3852 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it flame (11 times), flaming (4 times), head (1 time), flames (1 time), neither shall the flame (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3852 appear in the Bible?
לֶהָבָה (lehâbâh) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3852 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or לַהֶבֶת; feminine of H3851 (לַהַב), and meaning the same.
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