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fire

Meaning of “fire”

Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:24

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2 Samuel 14:30
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:30 · retained source text

Therefore hee said vnto his seruants, See, Ioabs field is neere mine, and he hath barley there: goe, and set it on fire: and Absaloms seruants set the field on fire.

1611 marginal noteHeb. neere my place.

2 Samuel 14:31
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:31 · retained source text

Then Ioab arose, and came to Absalom vnto his house, and said vnto him, Wherefore haue thy seruants set my field on fire?

2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:9 · retained source text

There went vp a smoake out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth deuoured: coales were kindled by it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by.

2 Samuel 23:7
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:7 · retained source text

But the man that shal touch them, must be fenced with yron, and the staffe of a speare, and they shall bee vtterly burnt with fire in the same place.

1611 marginal noteHeb. filled.

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