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burn

Meaning of “burn”

Sense 1: To consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

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138 occurrences131 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:3

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Numbers 5:26
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 5:26 · retained source text

And the Priest shal take an handfull of the offering, euen the memoriall thereof, and burne it vpon the Altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drinke the water.

Numbers 18:17
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:17 · retained source text

But the firstling of a cowe, or the firstling of a sheepe, or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeeme, they are holy: thou shalt sprinckle their blood vpon the Altar, and shalt burne their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet sauour vnto the LORD.

Numbers 19:5
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 19:5 · retained source text

And one shall burne the heifer in his sight: her skinne, and her flesh, and her blood, with her doung, shall he burne.

1611 marginal noteExod. 29.14. leuit. 4.11,12.

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