צָרַב
tsârab · H6866 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to be burned, to be scorched
Process of being damaged by fire
ExamplesEzekiel 20:47 and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the LORD: this is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am going to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not go out and the entire surface from south to north will be scorched by it.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ הָher 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 2 words
- שָׂרַף sâraph · H8313 · to burn
- The most common Hebrew verb for burning (occurring over 100 times), referring to consuming by fire. While שָׂרַף typically denotes complete burning/consumption, צָרַב appears to focus more on scorching or inflammatory burning, making them distinct but closely synonymous.
- בָּעַר bâʻar · H1197 · to burn
- A Hebrew verb for burning, often with the sense of blazing or being kindled. Distinct from צָרַב in that בָּעַר emphasizes active burning/blazing, while צָרַב appears to focus on the scorching or inflammatory effect of burning.
Contrasting words 1 word
- כָּבָה kâbâh · H3518 · to be extinguished, to extinguish
- The standard Hebrew verb for extinguishing or quenching fire, representing the direct opposite action to burning. This is a true lexical antonym in that it denotes the cessation or prevention of the burning process.
In the other Testament 2 words
- καίω kaíō · G2545 · to burn, burning, to be on fire
- The standard Greek verb for 'burn,' used for burning with fire in both literal and figurative contexts, serving as the natural translation equivalent for Hebrew צָרַב in the sense of burning or scorching.
- πυρόω pyróō · G4448 · to heat, to make fiery hot, to burn
- A Greek verb meaning to burn intensely or cause to glow with heat, particularly used for burning with inflammation or intense heat, closely matching the semantic range of צָרַב.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Impact002001001024
- צָרַב means to burn or scorch, as of the worthless man's words likened to scorching fire in Proverbs 16:27, and the land of Israel scorched by the LORD's drawn sword in Ezekiel 21:3.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6866. tsarab [צָרַב] verb burn, scorch (Assyrian ƒarâbu, burn; FräZa iii. 52 BaEs 32…
[צָרַב] verb burn, scorch (Assyrian ƒarâbu, burn; FräZa iii. 52 BaEs 32 compare Arabic be kindled, blaze;; compare also זרב); —
Niph`al Perfect 3 plural consecutive וְנִצְרְבוּ Eze 21:3 all faces shall be scorched.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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