Quick Definition
flash
Strong's Definition
a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever
Derivation: from H8313 (שָׂרַף);
KJV Usage: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt.
TWOT Reference: 2223a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רֶ֫שֶׁף (re.sheph) — flash. 1) flame, firebolt, spark 1a) flame 1b) fire-bolt
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Fire
Collocation: בְּנֵי־רֶשֶׁף
flame, flash, spark = a sudden burst of brighly glowing light, whose source can be seen (like fire) or invisible (like lightning)
Weapons | ≈ חֶרֶב · מָגֵן
Collocation: רִשְׁפֵי־קֶשֶׁת
flashing arrows literally: flames of the bow; hence: = pointed missile, shot from a bow; slender and straight in shape and moving swiftly; made out of wood and/or iron and used mainly for hunting and in warfare; ≈ in this context the focus is on the way the arrows flash through the sky
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רֶ֫שֶׁף n.m. flame, fire-bolt base