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שְׂרֵפָה H8316
H8316 is the Hebrew word שְׂרֵפָה, transliterated sᵉrêphâh and said ser-ay-faw'. The King James Version most often renders it burning.
What it means
cremation.
Where it comes from
from H8313 (שָׂרַף).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: burning.
Verses using שְׂרֵפָה
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 11:3 · KJV
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Leviticus 10:6 · KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
Numbers 16:37 · KJV
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
Numbers 19:6 · KJV
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers 19:17 · KJV
And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
Deuteronomy 29:23 · KJV
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
2 Chronicles 16:14 · KJV
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles 21:19 · KJV
And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
Isaiah 9:5 · KJV
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Isaiah 64:11 · KJV
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Jeremiah 51:25 · KJV
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Amos 4:11 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8316 mean?
H8316 is the Hebrew word שְׂרֵפָה (sᵉrêphâh), meaning cremation.
How is H8316 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it burning (7 times), throughly (1 time), burnt heifer (1 time), no burning (1 time), like the burning (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8316 appear in the Bible?
שְׂרֵפָה (sᵉrêphâh) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8316 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8313 (שָׂרַף).
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