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H3851 לַהַב (lahab) lah'-hab
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon

KJV Usage: blade, bright, flame, glittering

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לַ֫הַב (la.hav) — flame. 1) flame, blade 1a) flame 1b) of flashing point of spear or blade of sword

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · לַבָּה · לֶהָבָה · שַׁלְהֶבֶת · לְהָבִים

Fire

flame = hot glowing body of fire

JDG 13:20 · JDG 13:20 · JOB 41:13 · ISA 29:6 · ISA 30:30 · ISA 66:15 · EZK 21:3 · JOL 2:5

Hot | Color

aflame = state in which the human body feels hot and looks red as if on fire, ◄ caused by blood flowing to a particular part of the body

ISA 13:8

Shine | ≈ בָּרָק

flashing, glittering = state/process by which objects reflect light

JOB 39:23 · NAM 3:3

Weapons

blade (of a sword) = flat cutting edge of a sword

JDG 3:22 · JDG 3:22

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לַ֫הַב n.m. flame, blade flame

of flashing point of spear; blade of sword

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