KJV dictionary & concordance
Pieces of material kindled or smouldering with fire.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Judges 15:4
Complete exact-word concordance
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tooke firebrands, and turned taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the midst betweene two tailes.
1611 marginal noteOr, torches.
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
As a mad man, who casteth firebrands, arrowes, and death:
1611 marginal noteHeb. flames or sparkes.
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
And say vnto him; Take heede and be quiet: feare not, neither be faint hearted for the two tailes of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the sonne of Remaliah.
1611 marginal noteHeb. let not thy heart be tender.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Judges 15:4-5 describes firebrands placed between tails and then set on fire; Proverbs 26:18 has them cast, and Isaiah 7:4 calls them smoking. Their burning or smouldering material identity is directly described.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
