עָשָׁן
ʻâshân · H6227 · Hebrew · 25 occurrences
Meanings
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Smoke, a mixture of gases and particles from burning materials, rising in a column, visible from afar, often associated with anger, God's presence, and things that quickly vanish
ExamplesGenesis 15:17 Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which passed between these pieces.
Exodus 19:18 Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the entire mountain quaked violently.
Joshua 8:20 When the men of Ai turned back and looked, behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- עִירcity, town 2
- כִּבְשָׁןsmelting furnace 1
- הוּhis 1
- הּher 1
What it doesIt is the subject
9 occurrences in 4 groups
- עָלָהto go up 6
- יָצָאto go out 1
- נָדַףto blow away 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵלֶּהthese 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 6
- כlike/as 6
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- תִּימָרָהcolumn 2
- גֵּאוּתmajesty, pride 1
- מַשְׂאֵתbearing 1
- עַמּוּדpillar 1
- תַּנּוּרoven 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- קִיטוֹר qîyṭôwr · H7008 · (thick) smoke
- Both words denote smoke or vapor.
In the other Testament 1 word
- καπνός kapnós · G2586 · smoke
- Greek καπνός is the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew עָשָׁן, both denoting the visible vapor/fumes rising from fire or combustion.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Names of Locations003001010
- עָשָׁן (ʻâshân, H6227) is a common noun meaning "smoke." The quotation "Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire" at Exodus 19:18 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Names of Locations" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with בֹּאר (bôʼr, H877), כּוֹר עָשָׁן (Kôwr ʻÂshân, H3565), and עָשָׁן (ʻÂshân, H6228) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
- Smoke001002005012
- עָשָׁן denotes smoke, illustrated at Genesis 15:17 ("a smoking oven") and Exodus 19:18 ("its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace"), the standard Hebrew term for smoke throughout theophany and sacrificial contexts.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6227. ashan I. עָשָׁן noun masculineExo 19:16 smoke; — absolute ׳ע Jdg 20:38 +,…
I. עָשָׁן noun masculineExo 19:16 smoke; — absolute ׳ע Jdg 20:38 +, construct עֲשַׁן Jos 8:20-21, עֶ֫שֶׁן Exo 19:18; suffix עֲשָׁנוֺ Exo 19:18, עֲשָׁנָהּ Isa 34:10; —
1. a. of burning city Jos 8:20; Jos 8:21; Judges 20:88; Jdg 20:40, compare Nahum 2:14; heralding a foe Isa 14:31.
b. in figurative of destruction of Israel Isa 9:17, Edom Isa 34:10.
c. simile of dust-cloud Son 3:6; of transitoriness Hos 13:3; Isa 51:6; Psa 37:20 (reading ׳כֶּע, as ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5), Psa 68:3; Psa 102:4; simile of the unpleasant, Pro 10:26.
d. breath of crocodile Job 41:12.
2. a. attending theoph., ע ׳תַּנּוּר Gen 15:17; of mountain Exo 19:18, compare simile ׳כְּע הַכִּבְשָׁן Exo 19:18; Isa 6:4, also Isa 4:5; Joe 3:3.
b. of God's anger, ׳ע בְּאַמּוֺ 2Sa 22:9 = Psa 18:9; so probably also Isa 65:5.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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