Quick Definition
to burn
Strong's Definition
to be (causatively, set) on fire
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.
TWOT Reference: 2292
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
שָׂרַף (sa.raph) — to burn. 1) to burn 1a) (Qal) to burn 1b) (Niphal) to be burned 1c) (Piel) burner, burning (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be burnt up, be burned Also means: sa.raph (סָרַף "to burn" H5635)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׂרָפֹות · שָׂרָף · שְׂרֵפָה · סרף
Burn | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to burn = causative process by which humans cause an object to be consumed by fire
GEN 38:24 · LEV 4:12 · LEV 4:21 · LEV 4:21 · LEV 10:16 · LEV 13:52 · LEV 16:28 · NUM 17:4 · NUM 19:5 · NUM 19:5 · NUM 19:8 · JOS 8:28 · JOS 11:13 · JOS 11:13 · 1SA 31:12 · 1KI 13:2 · 1KI 15:13 · 2KI 10:26 · 2KI 23:4 · 2KI 23:6 · 2KI 23:15 · 2KI 23:15 · 2KI 23:16 · 2KI 23:20 · 2KI 25:9 · 1CH 14:12 · 2CH 15:16 · 2CH 34:5 · 2CH 36:19 · NEH 3:34 · PSA 74:8 · PRO 6:27 · JER 32:29 · JER 34:5 · JER 36:25 · JER 36:27 · JER 36:28 · JER 36:29 · JER 39:8 · JER 43:12 · JER 52:13 · JER 52:13 · EZK 16:41 · EZK 43:21 · AMO 2:1
Burn | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: שׂרף בָּאֵשׁ
to burn literally: to burn with fire; hence: = causative process by which humans cause an object to be consumed by fire
EXO 12:10 · EXO 29:14 · EXO 29:34 · EXO 32:20 · LEV 4:12 · LEV 6:23 · LEV 7:17 · LEV 7:19 · LEV 8:17 · LEV 8:32 · LEV 9:11 · LEV 13:52 · LEV 13:55 · LEV 13:57 · LEV 16:27 · LEV 19:6 · LEV 20:14 · LEV 21:9 · NUM 31:10 · DEU 7:5 · DEU 7:25 · DEU 9:21 · DEU 12:3 · DEU 12:31 · DEU 13:17 · JOS 6:24 · JOS 7:15 · JOS 7:25 · JOS 11:6 · JOS 11:9 · JOS 11:11 · JDG 9:52 · JDG 12:1 · JDG 14:15 · JDG 15:6 · JDG 18:27 · 1SA 30:1 · 1SA 30:3 · 1SA 30:14 · 2SA 23:7 · 2SA 23:7 · 1KI 9:16 · 1KI 16:18 · 2KI 17:31 · 2KI 23:11 · 2KI 25:9 · 2CH 36:19 · PSA 46:10 · PSA 80:17 · ISA 1:7 · ISA 44:16 · ISA 44:19 · JER 7:31 · JER 19:5 · JER 21:10 · JER 34:2 · JER 34:22 · JER 36:32 · JER 37:8 · JER 37:10 · JER 38:17 · JER 38:18 · JER 38:23 · JER 43:13 · JER 51:32 · EZK 5:4 · EZK 23:47 · MIC 1:7
Burn | verb qal
Collocation: שׁרף שְׂרֵפָה
to kindle a fire, to make a fire = causative action by which humans or deities produce a fire
Burn
Collocation: שׂרף לִשְׂרֵפָה
to burn hard = causative action by which humans cause objects to be exposed to fire for a certain time
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂרַף 117 vb. burn Qal burn
Niph. be burned
Pi. his burner, usu. one burning him, but prob. burning spices for him
Pu. it was burnt up (and gone).
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