KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: An enclosed place or oven for intense heat. Sense 2: Figuratively, severe trial or affliction.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 15:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lampe that passed betweene those pieces.
1611 marginal noteHebrewe. a lampe of fire.
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
And he looked toward Sodome and Gomorrah, & toward all the land of the plaine, and beheld, and loe, the smoke of the countrey went vp as the smoke of a furnace.
¶ And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
¶ And the LORD saide vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the fornace, and let Moses sprinkle it towards the heauen, in the sight of Pharaoh:
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
And they tooke ashes of the fornace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it vp toward heauen: and it became a boile breaking forth with blaines, vpon man and vpon beast.
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended vpon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.12.
But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you foorth out of the yron fornace, euen out of Egypt, to bee vnto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
For they bee thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest foorth out of Egypt, from the mids of the furnace of iron:
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
The wordes of the LORD are pure wordes: as siluer tried in a fornace of earth purified seuen times.
1611 marginal note2.Sam. 23.31. psal.18.29. & 119. ver.140. prou.30.5.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
The fining pot is for siluer, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
1611 marginal notePsal. 26.2. Cha. 27.21. iere. 17.10 mala.3.3.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
As the fining pot for siluer, and the furnace for gold: so is a man to his praise.
1611 marginal noteChap.17.3
Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.
Source order
1 · KJV context and cross-references
