Resheph — H7565

Definition

masculine noun

a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever

1. flame, firebolt, spark
1. flame
2. fire-bolt

Usually translated as

burning heat, arrow, coal, spark, hot thunderbolt

Origin

from H8313

• Derived from Sâraph (H8313)

Greek equivalents

• ánthrax (G440)
• krátos (G2904)
• pŷr (G4442)

Occurrences

Resheph occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Song of Songs (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Deuteronomy 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat (רֶ֖שֶׁף), and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
• Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks (רֶ֝֗שֶׁף) fly upward.
• Psalms 76:3 — There brake he the arrows (רִשְׁפֵי) of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
• Psalms 78:48 — He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts (לָרְשָׁפִֽים).
• Song of Songs 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals (רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ) thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
• Song of Songs 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals (רִשְׁפֵּ֕י) of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
• Habakkuk 3:5 — Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals (רֶ֖שֶׁף) went forth at his feet.