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torch

Meaning of “torch”

A light made of combustible material.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Zechariah 12:6

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The KJV occurrence

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Zechariah 12:6
¶ In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 12:6 · retained source text

¶ In that day will I make the gouernours of Iudah like a harth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheafe; and they shall deuoure all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Ierusalem shall bee inhabited againe in her owne place, euen in Ierusalem.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood or of candles.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 783