Strong's Hebrew: 7565. רֶ֫שֶׁף (resheph) -- Flame, burning, plague, pestilence, fiery dart
Strong's Lexicon
resheph: Flame, burning, plague, pestilence, fiery dart
Original Word: רֶשֶׁף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: resheph
Pronunciation: reh'-shef
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-shef)
Definition: Flame, burning, plague, pestilence, fiery dart
Meaning: a live coal, lightning, an arrow, fever
Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to burn
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance, the concept of "resheph" as a destructive force can be related to Greek words like λοιμός (loimos, G3061) meaning "pestilence" or "plague."
Usage: The Hebrew word "resheph" primarily denotes a concept of burning or fiery elements. It is often used metaphorically to describe destructive forces such as plagues or pestilences. In some contexts, it can also refer to fiery arrows or darts, symbolizing sudden and intense calamities or divine judgment.
Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, "resheph" was sometimes personified as a deity associated with plague and war. This reflects the broader cultural understanding of disease and destruction as forces that could be both natural and supernatural. In the biblical context, "resheph" is used to convey the severity and suddenness of divine judgment or calamity, emphasizing God's power over life and death.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
flame
NASB Translation
bolts of lightning (1), flaming (1), flashes (2), plague (2), sparks* (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. רֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculineHabakkuk 3:5 flame, fire-bolt; — absolute ׳ר Deuteronomy 32:24 +; plural רְשָׁפִים Psalm 78:48, construct ׳רִשְׁפֵ Psalm 76:4, רִשְׁמֵּי Songs 8:6; suffix רְשֶׁפֶיהָ Songs 8:6; —
1 flame: אֵשׁ ׳ר ׳ר Songs 8:6 its flames (that is of אַהֲבָה, קִנְאָה) are flames of fire; ׳בְּנֵי ר Job 5:7 = sparks; ׳ר = pointed flame of lighting Psalm 78:48 ("" בָּרָד); קָ֑שֶׁת ׳ר Psalm 76:4 Sharp flames of the bow, figurative for arrows.
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
Forms and Transliterations
לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃ לרשפים׃ רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י רִשְׁפֵי־ רֶ֖שֶׁף רֶ֝֗שֶׁף רשף רשפי רשפי־ רשפיה lā·rə·šā·p̄îm lārəšāp̄îm lareshaFim rə·šā·p̄e·hā re·šep̄ rəšāp̄ehā rešep̄ reshaFeiha Reshef riš·pê riš·p̄ê- rishfei rishPei rišpê rišp̄ê-
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Englishman's Concordance
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