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לַפִּיד H3940
H3940 is the Hebrew word לַפִּיד, transliterated lappîyd and said lap-peed'. The King James Version most often renders it lamps.
What it means
a flambeau, lamp or flame.
Where it comes from
or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Verses using לַפִּיד
All 13 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 15:17 · KJV
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Exodus 20:18 · KJV
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Judges 7:16 · KJV
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Judges 7:20 · KJV
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Judges 15:4 · KJV
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.
Judges 15:5 · KJV
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
Job 12:5 · KJV
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 41:19 · KJV
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Isaiah 62:1 · KJV
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Ezekiel 1:13 · KJV
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Daniel 10:6 · KJV
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Nahum 2:4 · KJV
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
Zechariah 12:6 · KJV
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3940 mean?
H3940 is the Hebrew word לַפִּיד (lappîyd), meaning a flambeau, lamp or flame.
How is H3940 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it lamps (4 times), lamp (2 times), lightnings (1 time), firebrands (1 time), firebrand (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3940 appear in the Bible?
לַפִּיד (lappîyd) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3940 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine.
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