H254 - אָח (ʼâch)

H254 אָח (ʼâch) awkh

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

hearth

Strong's Definition

a fire-pot or chafing dish

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

KJV Usage: hearth.

TWOT Reference: 66a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fire-pot, brazier

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

fire-pot, brazier

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָח âch BDB Definition: 1) fire-pot, brazier Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of uncertain derivation Same Word by TWOT Number: 66a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (2)

36:22 36:23

Jeremiah 36:22

Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

Jeremiah 36:23

And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut [them off] with a scribe’s knife and throw [them] into the firepot... -, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire -.