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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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Showing verses 121–130 of 131 · 138 word occurrences in this result

Nahum 2:13
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nahum 2:13 · retained source text

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burne her charets in the smoke, and the sword shall deuoure thy yong Lions, and I wil cut off thy pray from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

Habakkuk 1:16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:16 · retained source text

Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their drag: because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

1611 marginal noteOr, daintie: Heb. fat.

Malachi 4:1
FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Malachi 4:1 · retained source text

¶ For beholde, the day commeth, that shall burne as an ouen, and all the proud, yea and all that doe wickedly shalbe stubble: and the day that commeth, shal burne them vp, saith the LORD of hostes, that it shall leaue them neither roote nor branch.

Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 3:12 · retained source text

Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floore, and gather his wheat into the garner: but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquenchable fire.

Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 13:30 · retained source text

Let both grow together vntil the haruest: and in the time of haruest, I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and binde them in bundels to burne them: but gather the wheat into my barne.

Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 1:9 · retained source text

According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord.

Luke 3:17
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 3:17 · retained source text

Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will thorowly purge his floore, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaffe he will burne with fire vnquencheable.

Luke 24:32
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 24:32 · retained source text

And they said one vnto another, Did not our heart burne within vs, while hee talked with vs by the way, and while hee opened to vs the Scriptures?

1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:9 · retained source text

But if they cannot conteine, let them marry: for it is better to marrie then to burne.

2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 11:29 · retained source text

Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?

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