Fire

FIRE

Old Testament:

Hebrew ur light, fire

ud brand

esh fire

eshshah fire

beerah burning

nur fire

lahat to set on fire, burn

phlogizo to set in a blaze

maseth uplifted signal

ziqqim sparks

1. Genesis 19:24 “Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire (esh) from the Lord out of heaven;”

2. Genesis 22:6-7 “And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire (esh) in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire (esh) and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burn offering: so they went both of them together.”

3. Exodus 3:2 “And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire (esh) out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.”

4. Exodus 9:23-24 “And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire (esh) ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire (esh) mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.”

5. Exodus 12:8-11 “And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire (esh), and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire (esh); his head and his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning, ye shall burn with fire (esh). And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in hast: it is the Lord’s Passover.”

6. Exodus 13:21-22 “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire (esh), to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire (esh) by night, from before the people.”

7. Exodus 19:18 “And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire (esh): and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”

8. Exodus 24:17 “And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire (esh) on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.”

9. Exodus 32:20, 24 “And he (Moses) took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire (esh), and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it…And I Aaron) said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire (esh), and there came out this calf.”

10. Exodus 35:3 “Ye shall kindle no fire (esh) throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.”

11. Exodus 40:38 “And the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and the fire (esh) was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”

12. Leviticus 1:7 “And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire (ur) upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire (esh):”

13. Leviticus 6:12-13 “And the fire (esh) upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn the wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire (esh) shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.”

14. Leviticus 9:24 “And there came a fire (esh) out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.”

15. Leviticus 10:1-3; Numbers 3:4 “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire (esh) therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire (esh) before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire (esh) from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, this is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statues which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.”

16. Numbers 11:1-3 “And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire (esh) of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire (esh) was quenched. And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire (esh) of the Lord burnt among them.”

17. Numbers 16:29-33, 35, 40; Numbers 26:10, 61 “(Moses) If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and they perished from among the congregation. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. And there came out a fire (esh) from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense…To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; and he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.”

18. Deuteronomy 4:11-12, 15, 33, 36 “And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire (esh) unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire (esh): ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire (esh): For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire (esh), even a jealous God. Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire (esh), as thou hast heard, and live? Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire (esh); and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire (esh).

19. Deuteronomy 5:4-5, 22-26 “The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire (esh), (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire (esh), and went not up into the mount;). These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire (esh), of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness,(for the mountain did burn with fire (esh),) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire (esh): we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire (esh), as we have and lived? Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.”

20. Deuteronomy 9:3, 10, 15, 21 “Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire (esh) he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire (esh) in the day of the assembly. So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire (esh): and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire (esh), and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.”

21. Deuteronomy 32:22 “For a fire (esh) is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her

increase, and set on fire (lahat) the foundations of the mountains.”

22. Joshua 7:15, 25 “And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire (esh), he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? The Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him (Achan, family and possessions) with stones, and burned them with fire (esh), after they had stoned them with stones.”

23. Judges 6:21 “Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire (esh) out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his (Gideon) sight.”

24. II Samuel 22:9, 13 “There went up a smoke out of his (Lord, God) nostrils, and fire (esh) out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. Through the brightness before him were coals of fire (esh) kindled.”

25. I Kings 18:24-25, 38 “And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire (esh), let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire (esh) under. Then the fire (esh) of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.”

26. I Kings 19:12 “And after the earthquake a fire (esh); but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire (esh) a still small voice.”

27. II Kings 1:10, 12, 13-14 “And Elijah answered and said unto the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire (esh) come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire (esh) of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. Behold, there came fire (esh) down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.”

28. I Chronicles 21:26 “And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire (esh) upon the altar of burnt offering.”

29. II Chronicles 7:1, 3 “Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire (esh) came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house. And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire (esh) came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshiped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good for his mercy endureth forever.”

30. Nehemiah 9:12, 19 “Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire (esh), to give them light in the way wherein they should go. Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire (esh) by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.”

31. Job 1:16 “While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire (esh) of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”

32. Job 22:20 “Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire (esh) consumeth.”

33. Job 31:12 “For it is a fire (esh) that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.”

34. Psalms 11:6 “Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire (esh) and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”

35. Psalms 18:8, 12-13 “There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire (esh) out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindles by it. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire (esh).

36. Psalms 21:9 “Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire (esh) shall devour them.”

37. Psalms 29:7The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire (esh).

38. Psalms 46:9 “He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire (esh).”

39. Psalms 50:3 “Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire (esh) shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.”

40. Psalms 66:12 “Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire (esh) and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.”

41. Psalms 78:14 “In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire (esh).”

42. Psalms 79:5 “How long, Lord? Wilt thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire (esh)?”

43. Psalms 89:46 “How long, Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire (esh)?”

44. Psalms 97:3 “A fire (esh) goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.”

45. Psalms 104 :4 “Who make his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire (esh):”

46. Psalms 105:32, 39 “He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. He spread a cloud for a covering: and fire (esh) to give light in the night.”

47. Psalms 106:18 “And a fire (esh) was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.”

48. Psalms 118:12 “They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire (esh) of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.”

49. Psalms 140:10 “Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire (esh); into deep pits, that they rise not up again.”

50. Psalms 148:8 “Fire (esh), and hail; snow, and vapor; stormy wind fulfilling his word:”

51. Proverbs 6:27 “Can a man take fire (esh) in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?”

52. Proverbs 16:27 “An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire (esh).”

53. Proverbs 26:18 “As a mad man who casteth firebrands (ziqqim), arrows, and death.”

54. Proverbs 26:20-21 “Where no wood is, there the fire (esh) goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire (esh); so is a contentious man to kindle strife.”

55. Proverbs 30:16 “The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire (esh) that saith not, It is enough.”

56. Song of Solomon 8:6 “Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire (esh), which hath a most vehement flame.”

57. Isaiah 4:5 “And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire (esh) by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defense.”

58. Isaiah 10:17 “And the light of Israel shall be foer a fire (esh), and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.”

59. Isaiah 24:15 “Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires (ur), even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.”

60. Isaiah 30:14 “And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire (esh) from the hearth, or to take withal out of the pit.”

61. Isaiah 30:30 “And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire (esh). With scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.”

62. Isaiah 31:9 “And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire (ur) is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.”

63. Isaiah 42:25 “Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire (lahat) round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.”

64. Isaiah 43:2 “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire (esh), thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”

65. Isaiah 47:13-14 “Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire (esh) shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves for the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire (ur) to sit before it.”

66. Isaiah 50:11 “Behold, all ye that kindle a fire (esh), that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire (esh), and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.”

67. Isaiah 65:5 “Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire (esh) that burneth all the day.”

68. Isaiah 66:15-16, 24 “For, behold, the Lord will come with fire (esh), and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire (esh). For by fire (esh) and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire (esh) be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”

69. Jeremiah 4:4 “Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire (esh), and burn that none can quench it, because the evil of your doings.”

70. Jeremiah 5:14 “Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire (esh), and this people wood, and it shall devour them.”

71. Jeremiah 6:1 “O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire (maseth) in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.”

72. Jeremiah 6:29-30 “The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire (eshsah); the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.”

73. Jeremiah 17:4 “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire (esh) in mine anger, which shall burn forever.”

74. Jeremiah 20:9 “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire (esh) shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.”

75. Jeremiah 21:12 “O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my forth go out like fire (esh), because of the evil of your doings.”

76. Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not my word like as a fire (esh)? Saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”

77. Lamentations 2:-4 “He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire (esh), which devoureth round about. He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire (esh).”

78. Lamentations 4:11 “The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire (esh) in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.”

79. Ezekiel 1:4 “And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire (esh) infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire (esh).”

80. Ezekiel 1:13, 27 “As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire (esh), and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire (esh) was bright, and out of the fire (esh) went forth lightning. And I say as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire (esh) round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins, even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire (esh), and it had brightness round about.”

81. Ezekiel 5:4 “Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire (esh), and burn them in the fire (esh) for thereof shall a fire (esh) come forth into all the house of Israel.”

82. Ezekiel 8:2 “Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire (esh) from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire (esh); and from his loins downward, fire (esh):as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber.”

83. Ezekiel 19:14 “And fire (esh) is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”

84. Ezekiel 20:47 “And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire (esh) in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.”

85. Ezekiel 21:31-32 “And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire (esh) of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire (esh); thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shall be no more remembered: for I the Lord have spoken it.”

86. Ezekiel 22:21, 31 “Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire (esh) of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.”

87. Ezekiel 36:5 “Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire (esh) of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my joy of all their heart, with the despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.”

88. Ezekiel 38:19, 22-23 “For in my jealousy and in the fire (esh) of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire (esh), and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.”

89. Ezekiel 39:6, 9-10 “And I will send a fire (esh) on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the Isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord. And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, and bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire (esh) seven years: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire (esh); and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them saith the Lord God.”

90. Daniel 3:1-30 “…v6 Whosoever falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery (nur) furnace”…v12 “There are certain Jews whom thou has set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou has set up.”…v20 “And Nebuchadnezzar commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery (nur) furnace”…v24 “Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in hast, and spake, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire (nur)? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.”…v25 “He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire (nur), and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”…v26 “Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery (nur) furnace”…v27 “…Ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire (nur).”…v27 “…Being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire (nur) had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire (nur) had passed on them.”…v28 “Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”…v29 “Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.”…v30 “The king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.”

91. Daniel 10:6 “His body also was as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire (esh), and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude.”

92. Hosea 7:6 “For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire (esh).

93. Joel 2:30 “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire (esh), and pillars of smoke.”

94. Amos 4:11 “I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand (ud), plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.”

95. Amos 5:6 “Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire (esh) in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.”

96. Amos 7:4 “Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire (esh), and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.”

97. Obadiah 17-21 “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire (esh), and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it. And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.”

98. Micah 1:4, 7 “And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire (esh), and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire (esh), and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.”

99. Nahum 1:6 “Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire (esh), and the rocks are thrown down by him.”

100. Nahum 3:13, 15 “Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire (esh) shall devour thy bars. There shall the fire (esh) devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.”

101. Habakkuk 2:13-14 “Behold, is it not the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire (esh), and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.”

102. Zephaniah 1:18 “Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire (esh) of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.”

103. Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire (esh) of my jealousy.”

104. Zechariah 2:5 “For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire (esh) round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.”

105. Zechariah 3:2 “And the Lord said unto Satan; The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire (esh)?

106. Zechariah 9:4 “Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire (esh).”

107. Zechariah 13:9 “And I will bring the third part through the fire (esh), and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.”

108. Malachi 3:2 “But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire (esh), and like fuller’s soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.”

New Testament:

Greek pur fire

pura fire, pyre

phos light

puroomai to be set on fire

purines of fire, fiery

phlogizo to set in a blaze

1. Matthew 3:10-12 “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (pur). I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire (pur). Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire (pur).”

2. Matthew 5:21-22 ”Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill (phoneno = do murder, slay); and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment (krisis = tribunal, justice): But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca (rhaka = vain, empty, worthless, empty one, utter vilification), shall be in danger of the council (sunedrion = Jewish Sanhedrim); but whosever shall say, Thou fool (moros = a rebel, fool, dull, stupid, blockhead), shall be in danger of hell (geenna =valley of Hinnon) fire (pur).”

3. Matthew 7:19 “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (pur).”

4. Matthew 13:40, 42, 50 “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire (pur); so shall it be in the end of this world. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire (pur); there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire (pur); there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

5. Matthew 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic and sore vexed: for off times he falleth into the fire (pur), and oft into the water.”

6. Matthew 18:8-9 “Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire (pur). And if thine eye offend thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast in into hell fire (pur).”

7. Matthew 25:41 “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire (pur) prepared for the devil and his angels;”

8. Mark 9:22 “And oft times it hath cast him into the fire (pur), and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”

9. Mark 9:43, 45 “And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire (pur) that never shall be quenched: And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire (pur) that never shall be quenched:”

10. Mark 9:44, 46, 48 “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire (pur) is not quenched. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire (pur) is not quenched. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire (pur) is not quenched.”

11. Mark 9:47 “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire (pur);”

12. Mark 9:49 “For every one shall be salted with fire (pur), and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.”

13. Luke 3:9 “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (pur).”

14. Luke 3:16 “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire (pur).”

15. Luke 3:17 “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire (pur) unquenchable.”

16. Luke 9:54 “And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire (pur) to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?”

17. Luke 12:49 “I am come to send fire (pur) on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”

18. Luke 22:55 “But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire (pur), and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.”

19. John 15:6 “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire (pur), and they are burned.”

20. Acts 2:3 “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire (pur), and it sat upon each of them.”

21. Acts 2:19 “And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire (pur), and vapor of smoke:”

22. Acts 7:30 “And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire (pur) in a bush.”

23. Acts 28:5 “And he shook off the beast into the fire (pur), and felt no harm.”

24. Romans 12:20 “Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire (pur) on his head.”

25. I Corinthians 3:13 “Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire (pur); and the fire (pur) shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”

26. I Corinthians 3:15 “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire (pur).”

27. II Thessalonians 1:8 “In flaming fire (pur) taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:”

28. Hebrews 1:7 “And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire (pur).”

29. Hebrews 11:34 “Quenched the violence of fire (pur), escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.”

30. Hebrews 12:18 “For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire (pur), nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”

31. Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire (pur).”

32. James 3:5 “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things, Behold, how great a matter a little fire (pur), kindleth!”

33. James 3:6 “And the tongue is a fire (pur), a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire (pur) the course of nature; and it is set on fire (pur) of hell.”

34. James 5:3 “Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire (pur). Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.”

35. I Peter 1:7 “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold with fire (pur), might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”

36. II Peter 3:7 “But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire (pur) against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”

37. Jude 7 “Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire (pur).

38. Jude 23 “And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire (pur); hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.”

39. Revelation 1:14 “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire (pur);”

40. Revelation 2:18 “And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire (pur), and his feet are like fine brass;”

41. Revelation 3:18 “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire (pur), that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.”

42. Revelation 4:5 “And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire (pur) burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.”

43. Revelation 8:5 “And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire (pur) of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.”

44. Revelation 8:7 “The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire (pur) mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.”

45. Revelation 8:8 “And the second angel sounded, as it were a great mountain burning with fire (pur) was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood.”

46. Revelation 9:17 “And thus I saw the houses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of Jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire (pur) and smoke and brimstone.”

47. Revelation 9:18 “By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire (pur), and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.”

48. Revelation 10:1 “And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire (pur):”

49. Revelation 11:5 “And if any man will hurt them, fire (pur) proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.”

50. Revelation 13:13 “And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire (pur) come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,””

51. Revelation 14:10 “The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire (pur) and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:”

52. Revelation 14:18 “And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire (pur); and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.”

53. Revelation 15:2 “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire (pur): and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.”

54. Revelation 16:8 “And the fourth angle poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire (pur).”

55. Revelation 17:16 “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire (pur).”

56. Revelation 18:8 “Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire (pur); for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”

57. Revelation 19:12 “His eyes were as a flame of fire (pur), and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.”

58. Revelation 19:20 “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire (pur) burning with brimstone.”

59. Revelation 20:9 “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire (pur) came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”

60. Revelation 20:10 “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire (pur) and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

61. Revelation 20:14 “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire (pur). This is the second death.”

62. Revelation 20:15 “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (pur).”

63. Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire (pur) and brimstone which is the second death.”

Note: The word “fire” in both the Old Testament and New Testament is used as literal fire and symbolically as fire. The distinction must be made by the context of the passage and in balance with and in light of all passages using this word.