Genesis 15:17
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
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Furnace
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Revelation 9:2
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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אַתּוּן
ʼattûwn · at-toon'
10 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
probably a fire-place, i.e. furnace
Strong's KJV usage: furnace.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:6Strong's last: Daniel 3:26
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kûwr · koor
9 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a pot or furnace (as if excavated)
Strong's KJV usage: furnace. Compare 3600.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 22:22
Open full H3564 profile →κάμινος
káminos · kam'-ee-nos
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a furnace
Strong's KJV usage: :--furnace.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 13:42Strong's last: Revelation 9:2
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kibshân · kib-shawn'
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a smelting furnace (as reducing metals)
Strong's KJV usage: furnace.
Strong's first: Genesis 19:28Strong's last: Exodus 19:18
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tannûwr · tan-noor'
2 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
a fire-pot
Strong's KJV usage: furnace, oven.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 15:17Strong's last: Isaiah 31:9
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ʻălîyl · al-eel'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
probably a crucible (as working over the metal)
Strong's KJV usage: furnace.
Strong's first: Psalms 12:6Strong's last: Psalms 12:6
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H3564
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
H3564
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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furnace
FUR'NACE, noun [Latin fornax, furnus, either from burning, or the sense is an arch.]
1. A place where a vehement fire and heat may be made and maintained, for melting ores or metals, etc. A furnace for casting cannon and other large operations is inclosed with walls through which a current of air is blown from a large bellows. In smaller operations a vessel is constructed with a chamber or cavity, with a door and a grate.
2. In scripture, a place of cruel bondage and affliction. Deuteronomy 4:20.
3. Grievous afflictions by which men are tried. Ezekiel 22:18.
4. A place of temporal torment. Daniel 3:6.
5. Hell; the place of endless torment. Matthew 13:42.
FUR'NACE, verb transitive To throw out sparks as a furnace
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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