hebrew #1513 - גֶּחֶלּ gechel or gacheleth (coal)

Original Word:	גֶּחֶלּ
Transliteration:	gechel or gacheleth
Definition:	coal
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(geh'-khel)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

burning coal

Or (feminine) gacheleth {gah-kheh'-leth}; from an unused root meaning to glow or kindle; an ember -- (burning) coal.

Englishman's Concordance

1) coal, burning coal, coals of fire, hot coals
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 341a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גַּחֶ֫לֶתnoun feminine^{Exodus 1:13}coal (compare Assyrian gu—lu, a shining precious stone? COT^Gloss Zim^{BP 45}) — absolute גַּחֶלֶתIsaiah 47:14; suffix גַּחַלְתִּי2 Samuel 14:7; plural גֶּחָלִיםPsalm 18:9 6t.; construct גַּחֲלֵיLeviticus 16:12 5t. + Psalm 18:14 (strike out ᵐ5 De Che); suffix גֶּחָלָיוIsaiah 44:19, גֶּחָלֶיהָEzekiel 24:11; — coal, plural אֵשׁ׳גcoals of fireLeviticus 16:12 (P), 2 Samuel 22:13=Psalm 18:13 [also Psalm 18:14 compare above] Ezekiel 10:2 (in vision); compare 2 Samuel 22:9=Psalm 18:9; Job 41:13, also Proverbs 6:28; Isaiah 44:19; in simile (of strife) Proverbs 26:21 (opposed to מֶּחָםblack coal); Ezekiel 1:13גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ (of the living creatures); figurative of hope in posterity 2 Samuel 14:7, of divine judgement, רתם׳גcoals of broom-plantPsalm 120:4, compare Psalm 140:11, also (negative) Isaiah 47:14; Ezekiel 24:11; of kindness to enemy Proverbs 25:22.

גחם (? compare Arabic kindle, , burn).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1513. גֶּחָלִים (gechel or gacheleth) — 18 Occurrences

Leviticus 16:12
HEB:מְלֹֽא־ הַ֠מַּחְתָּה גַּֽחֲלֵי־ אֵ֞שׁ מֵעַ֤ל
NAS: full of coals of fire
KJV: of burning coals of fire
INT: full A firepan of coals of fire upon

2 Samuel 14:7
HEB:וְכִבּ֗וּ אֶת־ גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאָ֔רָה
NAS: Thus they will extinguish my coal which
KJV: also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left,
INT: the heir shall quench my coal which is left

2 Samuel 22:9
HEB:מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: devoured; Coals were kindled
KJV: devoured: coals were kindled
INT: his mouth devoured Coals were kindled at

2 Samuel 22:13
HEB:נֶגְדּ֑וֹ בָּעֲר֖וּ גַּחֲלֵי־ אֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: before Him Coals of fire
KJV: Through the brightness before him were coals of fire
INT: before were kindled Coals of fire

Job 41:21
HEB: נַ֭פְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב
NAS: kindles coals, And a flame
KJV: kindleth coals, and a flame
INT: his breath coals kindles flame

Psalm 18:8
HEB:מִפִּ֥יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּ֝חָלִ֗ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: devoured; Coals were kindled
KJV: devoured: coals were kindled
INT: his mouth devoured Coals were kindled at

Psalm 18:12
HEB:עָבְר֑וּ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־ אֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: Hailstones and coals of fire.
KJV: hail [stones] and coals of fire.
INT: passed Hailstones and coals of fire

Psalm 18:13
HEB:קֹל֑וֹ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־ אֵֽשׁ׃
NAS: Hailstones and coals of fire.
KJV: hail [stones] and coals of fire.
INT: his voice Hailstones and coals of fire

Psalm 120:4
HEB:שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃
NAS: of the warrior, With the [burning] coals of the broom tree.
KJV: of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
INT: Sharp With the coals of the broom

Psalm 140:10
HEB:ק) עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יַפִּלֵ֑ם
NAS: May burning coals fall
KJV:Let burning coals fall
INT: be carried and coals may burning may they be cast

Proverbs 6:28
HEB:אִ֭ישׁ עַל־ הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א
NAS: walk on hot coals And his feet
KJV: go upon hot coals, and his feet
INT: A man on coals and his feet not

Proverbs 25:22
HEB: כִּ֤י גֶֽחָלִ֗ים אַ֭תָּה חֹתֶ֣ה
NAS: For you will heap burning coals on his head,
KJV: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,
INT: for coals you will heap

Proverbs 26:21
HEB: פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ
NAS: [Like] charcoal to hot embers and wood
KJV: [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood
INT: charcoal to hot and wood to fire

Isaiah 44:19
HEB:אָפִ֤יתִי עַל־ גֶּחָלָיו֙ לֶ֔חֶם אֶצְלֶ֥ה
NAS: bread over its coals. I roast meat
KJV: bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted
INT: have baked over coals bread roast

Isaiah 47:14
HEB:לֶֽהָבָ֑ה אֵין־ גַּחֶ֣לֶת לַחְמָ֔ם א֖וּר
NAS: There will be no coal to warm
KJV: of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm
INT: of the flame There coal to warm by a fire

Ezekiel 1:13
HEB:הַחַיּ֜וֹת מַרְאֵיהֶ֣ם כְּגַחֲלֵי־ אֵ֗שׁ בֹּֽעֲרוֹת֙
NAS: like burning coals of fire,
KJV: [was] like burning coals of fire,
INT: creatures looked coals of fire burning

Ezekiel 10:2
HEB:וּמַלֵּ֨א חָפְנֶ֤יךָ גַֽחֲלֵי־ אֵשׁ֙ מִבֵּינ֣וֹת
NAS: your hands with coals of fire
KJV: thine hand with coals of fire
INT: and fill your hands coals of fire between

Ezekiel 24:11
HEB:וְהַעֲמִידֶ֥הָ עַל־ גֶּחָלֶ֖יהָ רֵקָ֑ה לְמַ֨עַן
NAS: it empty on its coals So
KJV: it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass
INT: set on coals empty So

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