Word

קָדַח

qâdach · H6919 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to kindle, to set ablaze

Process by which a fire starts burning; used as a metaphor for anger

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 64:2 As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
Jeremiah 15:14 “Then I will make your enemies bring your possessions Into a land that you do not know; For a fire has been kindled in My anger, And it will burn upon you.”
to kindle

Action by which humans start a fire; used as a metaphor for anger and discord

Examples
Isaiah 50:11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows, Walk in the light of your fire And among the flaming arrows you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment.
Jeremiah 17:4 And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance That I gave you; And I will make you serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger Which will burn forever.

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

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 2 groups

אֵשׁfire 3
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָמָסbrushwood 1
אֵשׁfire 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with+ אַףanger, nose 3

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אֵשׁfire 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כֶםyour 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 4 words

לָהַט lâhaṭ · H3857 · to burn, to flame, to kindle: The target lexeme and לָהַט both denote combustion — to burn or kindle — functioning as near-synonyms describing acts of setting something on fire.
שָׂרַף sâraph · H8313 · to burn: Both words denote the same action, burning or kindling, and could substitute for each other in sense.
סָרַף çâraph · H5635 · to burn: The target lexeme and סָרַף both denote burning or kindling, functioning as near-synonyms for this shared action.
בָּעַר bâʻar · H1197 · to burn: Both words are verbs of burning with overlapping core sense (burn, kindle). בָּעַר (bâʻar, H1197) has a broader range, including foolishness and consumption, but its burning sense overlaps with קָדַח (qâdach, H6919).

Semantic domains 1 entry

Burn002001001009: The word means to burn or kindle, used of God's anger kindled like fire (Deuteronomy 32:22) and of fire kindled that no one blew on (Isaiah 50:11), and of a burning that consumes adversaries (Isaiah 64:1; Jeremiah 15:14, 17:4).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָדַחqâdach · H6919קַדַּחַת qaddachath · H6920 · fever · 2×

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Burn5 occurrences

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