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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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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, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nahum 1:6 · retained source text

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fiercenesse of his anger? his furie is powred out like fire, and the rocks are throwen downe by him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stand vp.

Nahum 3:13
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 shall devour thy bars.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nahum 3:13 · retained source text

Beholde, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open vnto thine enemies, the fire shall deuoure thy barres.

Nahum 3:15
There shall the fire 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.
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1611 witness · Nahum 3:15 · retained source text

There shall the fire deuoure thee: the sword shall cut thee off: it shall eate thee vp like the cankerworme: make thy selfe many as the cankerworme, make thy selfe many as the locusts.

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