Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7565 - רֶשֶׁף resheph (flame)

Original Word:	רֶשֶׁף
Transliteration:	resheph
Definition:	flame
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(reh'-shef)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

arrow, burning coal, burning heat, spark, hot thunderbolt

From saraph; a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever -- arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, + spark, hot thunderbolt.

see HEBREW saraph

Englishman's Concordance

1) flame, firebolt, spark
1a) flame
1b) fire-bolt
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8313
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2223a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. רֶ֫שֶׁףnoun masculine^{Habakkuk 3:5}flame, fire-bolt; — absolute ׳רDeuteronomy 32:24 +; plural רְשָׁפִיםPsalm 78:48, construct ׳רִשְׁפֵPsalm 76:4, רִשְׁמֵּיSongs 8:6; suffix רְשֶׁפֶיהָSongs 8:6; —

1flame:אֵשׁ׳ר׳רSongs 8:6its flames (that is of אַהֲבָה, קִנְאָה) are flames of fire; ׳בְּנֵי רJob 5:7=sparks; ׳ר=pointed flame of lighting Psalm 78:48 ("" בָּרָד); קָ֑שֶׁת׳רPsalm 76:4 Sharp flames of the bow, figurative for arrows.

2fire-bolt of ׳יְ brining pestilence and death, Deuteronomy 32:24 (compare Dr; "" קֶטֶב מְרִירִי), Habakkuk 3:5 ("" דֶּבֶר).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7565. רֶ֫שֶׁף (resheph) — 7 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 32:24
HEB:רָעָ֛ב וּלְחֻ֥מֵי רֶ֖שֶׁף וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י
NAS: and consumed by plague And bitter
KJV: and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter
INT: famine and consumed plague destruction and bitter

Job 5:7
HEB:יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־ רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃
INT: is born afflicted arrow upward fly

Psalm 76:3
HEB:שָׁ֭מָּה שִׁבַּ֣ר רִשְׁפֵי־ קָ֑שֶׁת מָגֵ֬ן
NAS: He broke the flaming arrows,
KJV: There brake he the arrows of the bow,
INT: There broke the flaming arrows the shield

Psalm 78:48
HEB:בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃
NAS: And their herds to bolts of lightning.
KJV: and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
INT: their cattle and their herds to bolts

Songs 8:6
HEB:כִשְׁא֖וֹל קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ
NAS: as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes
KJV: as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals
INT: Sheol Jealousy flashes are flashes of fire

Songs 8:6
HEB:קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה׃
NAS: Its flashes are flashes of fire,
KJV: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire,
INT: Jealousy flashes are flashes of fire the flame

Habakkuk 3:5
HEB:דָּ֑בֶר וְיֵצֵ֥א רֶ֖שֶׁף לְרַגְלָֽיו׃
NAS: pestilence, And plague comes
KJV: the pestilence, and burning coals went forth
INT: pestilence comes and plague after

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