Judges 15:4
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
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Firebrands
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Isaiah 7:4
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
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אוּד
ʼûwd · ood
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a poker (for turning or gathering embers)
Strong's KJV usage: (fire-) brand.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 7:4Strong's last: Isaiah 7:4
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zîyqâh · zee-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
Strong's KJV usage: chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
Strong's first: Proverbs 26:18Strong's last: Proverbs 26:18
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lappîyd · lap-peed'
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
a flambeau, lamp or flame
Strong's KJV usage: (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 15:4Strong's last: Judges 15:4
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H3940
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
H2131
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
H181
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
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firebrand
FI'REBRAND, noun
1. A piece of wood kindled or on fire.
2. An incendiary; one who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief.
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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