H8316 שְׂרֵפָה (sᵉrêphâh) ser-ay-faw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

fire

Strong's Definition

cremation

Derivation: from H8313 (שָׂרַף);

KJV Usage: burning.

TWOT Reference: 2292c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) burning

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4442

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׂרֵפָה (se.re.phah) — fire. burning

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׂרֵפָה (H8316)

noun f · שׂרף

Burn

burning, fire = process by which objects are consumed by fire

NUM 19:6 · 2CH 21:19 · 2CH 21:19 · ISA 9:4 · AMO 4:11

Burn

burnt = state in which an object has been affected by fire

NUM 17:2 · NUM 19:17 · DEU 29:22 · JER 51:25

Burn

Collocation: שְׂרֵפַת אֵשׁ

burnt literally: burning of fire; hence: = state in which an object has been affected by fire

ISA 64:10

Burn | verb qal

Collocation: שׁרף שְׂרֵפָה

to kindle a fire, to make a fire = causative action by which humans or deities produce a fire

LEV 10:6 · 2CH 16:14

Burn

Collocation: שׂרף לִשְׂרֵפָה

to burn hard = causative action by which humans cause objects to be exposed to fire for a certain time

GEN 11:3

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׂרֵפָה n.f. burning base

Bible Occurrences (12)

11:3

10:6

16:37 19:6 19:17

29:23

16:14 21:19

9:5 64:11

51:25

4:11

Genesis 11:3

And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Leviticus 10:6

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn [on account of] the fire that the LORD has ignited.

Numbers 16:37

Tell... Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because [the censers] are holy.

Numbers 19:6

The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool... and throw them onto the burning heifer.

Numbers 19:17

[For the purification] of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

Deuteronomy 29:23

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown... and unproductive..., with no plant growing on it,... just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger....

2 Chronicles 16:14

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;... then they made a great...... fire in his honor.

2 Chronicles 21:19

This continued day after day... until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.