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fire

Meaning of “fire”

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

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549 occurrences506 verses47 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:24

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Joel 1:19
O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 1:19 · retained source text

O LORD, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field.

1611 marginal noteOr, habitations.

Joel 1:20
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joel 1:20 · retained source text

The beasts of the field crie also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse.

Joel 2:3
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 2:3 · retained source text

A fire deuoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wildernes, yea and nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:5
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joel 2:5 · retained source text

Like the noise of charets on the tops of mountaines shall they leape, like the noise of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, as a strong people, set in battell aray.

Joel 2:30
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
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1611 witness · Joel 2:30 · retained source text

And I will shew wonders in the heauens, and in the earth, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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