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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Coals

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

26exact KJV occurrences 23Old Testament 3New Testament 12books containing the word 6mapped Strong's IDs 25occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Leviticus 16:12

And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Romans 12:20

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where coals appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7565
רֶשֶׁף

resheph · reh'-shef

3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever

Strong's KJV usage: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, spark, hot thunderbolt.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Song of Solomon 8:6Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:5

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GreekG439
ἀνθρακιά

anthrakiá · anth-rak-ee-ah'

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a bed of burning coals

Strong's KJV usage: :--fire of coals.

Strong's first: John 18:18Strong's last: John 21:9

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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26 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Leviticus 16:12
H1513

And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

2 Samuel 22:9
H1513

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

1 Kings 19:6
H7529

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

Job 41:21
H1513

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

Psalms 18:8
H1513

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Psalms 18:12
H1513

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalms 18:13
H1513

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalms 140:10
H1513

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

Proverbs 25:22
no direct Strong's tag

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

Proverbs 26:21
H6352

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Proverbs 26:21
H1513

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Song of Solomon 8:6
H7565

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Song of Solomon 8:6
H7565

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Isaiah 44:12
H6352

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Isaiah 44:19
H1513

And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

Isaiah 54:16
H6352

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Ezekiel 1:13
H1513

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Ezekiel 10:2
H1513

And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

Ezekiel 24:11
H1513

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Habakkuk 3:5
H7565

Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

John 18:18
G439

And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

John 21:9
G439

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

coal

COAL, noun

1. A piece of wood, or other combustible substance, ignited, burning, or charred. When burning or ignited, it is called a live coal or burning coal or coal of fire. When the fire is extinct, it is called charcoal.

2. In the language of chimists, any substance containing oil, which has been exposed to a fire in a close vessel, so that its volatile matter is expelled, and it can sustain a red heat without further decomposition.

3. In mineralogy, a solid, opake, inflammable substance, found in the earth, and by way of distinction called fossil coal It is divided by recent mineralogists into three species, anthracite or glance coal black or bituminous coal and brown coal or lignite; under which are included many varieties, such as cannel coal bovey coal jet, etc.

COAL, verb transitive

1. To burn to coal or charcoal; to char.

2. To mark or delineate with charcoal.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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