Strong's Hebrew: 7565. רֶ֫שֶׁף (resheph) -- flame

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Lexicon

resheph: flame

Original Word: רֶ֫שֶׁף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: resheph
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-shef)
Short Definition: flashes

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
flame
NASB Translation
bolts of lightning (1), flaming (1), flashes (2), plague (2), sparks* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 Songs 8:6; suffix רְשֶׁפֶיהָ Songs 8:6; —

1 flame: אֵשׁ ׳ר ׳ר Songs 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).

Strong's

arrow, burning coal, burning heat, spark, hot thunderbolt

From saraph; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever -- arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, + spark, hot thunderbolt.

see HEBREW saraph