6227. ashan

Lexicon

ashan: Smoke

Original Word: עָשָׁן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `ashan
Pronunciation: ah-shawn'
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shawn')
Definition: Smoke
Meaning: smoke

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

smoke

From ashan; smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger) -- smoke(-ing).

see HEBREW ashan

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
smoke
NASB Translation
smoke (24), smoking (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. עָשָׁן noun masculine^{Exodus 19:16} smoke; — absolute ׳ע Judges 20:38 +, construct עֲשַׁן Joshua 8:20,21, עֶ֫שֶׁן Exodus 19:18; suffix עֲשָׁנוֺ Exodus 19:18, עֲשָׁנָהּ Isaiah 34:10; —

1. a. of burning city Joshua 8:20; Joshua 8:21; Judges 20:88; Judges 20:40, compare Nahum 2:14; heralding a foe Isaiah 14:31.

b. in figurative of destruction of Israel Isaiah 9:17, Edom Isaiah 34:10.

c. simile of dust-cloud Songs 3:6; of transitoriness Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 51:6; Psalm 37:20 (reading ׳כֶּע, as ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9), Psalm 68:3; Psalm 102:4; simile of the unpleasant, Proverbs 10:26.

d. breath of crocodile Job 41:12.

2. a. attending theoph., ׳תַּנּוּר ע Genesis 15:17; of mountain Exodus 19:18, compare simile הַכִּבְשָׁן ׳כְּע Exodus 19:18; Isaiah 6:4, also Isaiah 4:5; Joel 3:3.

b. of God's anger, בְּאַמּוֺ ׳ע 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9; so probably also Isaiah 65:5.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָשַׁן (ʿāšan), which means "to smoke" or "to be angry."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G822: ἄχνη (achnē) • This Greek term refers to "mist" or "vapor," similar to the concept of smoke in its ephemeral and insubstantial nature.
• G2586: καπνός (kapnos) • This Greek word directly translates to "smoke" and is used in the New Testament to describe smoke in both literal and figurative contexts, such as in Revelation 8:4, where the smoke of incense represents the prayers of the saints ascending before God.

These entries highlight the multifaceted use of עָשָׁן in the Hebrew Bible, illustrating its role in conveying divine presence, judgment, and the transient nature of life.

Usage: The term עָשָׁן is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe smoke in various contexts, including sacrificial offerings, divine manifestations, and metaphoric expressions of anger or destruction.

Context: The Hebrew word עָשָׁן appears in several contexts throughout the Old Testament, often associated with the presence of God or divine judgment. For instance, in Exodus 19:18, the smoke on Mount Sinai signifies God's presence: "Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire." This imagery of smoke is frequently linked to theophanies, where God's presence is made manifest in a tangible form. In Isaiah 6:4, the temple fills with smoke during Isaiah's vision of the Lord, symbolizing divine majesty and holiness.

Additionally, עָשָׁן is used metaphorically to describe the transient nature of life or the intensity of divine wrath. In Psalm 37:20, the wicked are compared to smoke that vanishes: "But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the fields. They will vanish—like smoke they will vanish away." This metaphor underscores the fleeting and insubstantial nature of human opposition to God.

The term also appears in prophetic literature to depict destruction and judgment, as seen in Isaiah 34:10, where the smoke of Edom's destruction is said to rise forever: "It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever."

Forms and Transliterations

בְעָשָׁ֣ן בֶֽעָשָׁן֙ בֶעָשָׁ֣ן בעשן הֶעָשָׁ֖ן העשן וְכֶעָשָׁ֥ן וְעָשָׁ֔ן וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן וכעשן ועשן כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן כעשן עֲשַׁ֣ן עֲשַׁ֤ן עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ עָשָֽׁן׃ עָשָׁ֑ן עָשָׁ֗ן עָשָׁ֣ן עָשָׁ֨ן ׀ עָשָׁן֙ עשן עשן׃ עשנה עשנו ‘ă·šā·nāh ‘ă·šā·nōw ‘ă·šan ‘ā·šān ‘ăšan ‘āšān ‘ăšānāh ‘ăšānōw aShan ashaNah ashaNo ḇe‘āšān ḇə‘āšān ḇe·‘ā·šān ḇə·‘ā·šān he‘āšān he·‘ā·šān heaShan ke‘āšān kə‘ešen ke·‘ā·šān kə·‘e·šen keaShan keEshen ū·ḵə·‘ā·šān ucheaShan ūḵə‘āšān veaShan vecheaShan wə‘āšān wə·‘ā·šān wə·ḵe·‘ā·šān wəḵe‘āšān

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 15:17
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ
NAS: and behold, [there appeared] a smoking oven
KJV: and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace,
INT: and behold oven a smoking torch flaming

Exodus 19:18
HEB: בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן
NAS: upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended
KJV: upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended
INT: fire ascended smoke the smoke of a furnace

Exodus 19:18
HEB: וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד
NAS: ascended like the smoke of a furnace,
KJV: thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
INT: ascended smoke the smoke of a furnace quaked

Joshua 8:20
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֨ה עָלָ֜ה עֲשַׁ֤ן הָעִיר֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה
NAS: behold, the smoke of the city
KJV: them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city
INT: behold ascended the smoke of the city to the sky

Joshua 8:21
HEB: וְכִ֥י עָלָ֖ה עֲשַׁ֣ן הָעִ֑יר וַיָּשֻׁ֕בוּ
NAS: the city and that the smoke of the city
KJV: the city, and that the smoke of the city
INT: for ascended the smoke of the city turned

Judges 20:38
HEB: לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם מַשְׂאַ֥ת הֶעָשָׁ֖ן מִן־ הָעִֽיר׃
NAS: cloud of smoke rise
KJV: flame with smoke rise up
INT: rise cloud of smoke from the city

Judges 20:40
HEB: הָעִ֖יר עַמּ֣וּד עָשָׁ֑ן וַיִּ֤פֶן בִּנְיָמִן֙
NAS: in a column of smoke, Benjamin
KJV: with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites
INT: the city A column of smoke looked Benjamin

2 Samuel 22:9
HEB: עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥שׁ
NAS: Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
KJV: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
INT: went Smoke of his nostrils Fire

Job 41:20
HEB: מִ֭נְּחִירָיו יֵצֵ֣א עָשָׁ֑ן כְּד֖וּד נָפ֣וּחַ
NAS: Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
KJV: goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething
INT: of his nostrils goes smoke pot As a boiling

Psalm 18:8
HEB: עָ֘לָ֤ה עָשָׁ֨ן ׀ בְּאַפּ֗וֹ וְאֵשׁ־
NAS: Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
KJV: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
INT: went Smoke of his nostrils and fire

Psalm 37:20
HEB: כָּרִ֑ים כָּל֖וּ בֶעָשָׁ֣ן כָּֽלוּ׃
NAS: They vanish-- like smoke they vanish
KJV: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
INT: of the pastures vanish smoke vanish

Psalm 68:2
HEB: כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס
NAS: As smoke is driven
KJV: As smoke is driven away,
INT: is driven smoke away melts

Psalm 102:3
HEB: כִּֽי־ כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י
NAS: have been consumed in smoke, And my bones
KJV: are consumed like smoke, and my bones
INT: for have been smoke my days and my bones

Proverbs 10:26
HEB: כַּחֹ֤מֶץ ׀ לַשִּׁנַּ֗יִם וְכֶעָשָׁ֥ן לָעֵינָ֑יִם כֵּ֥ן
NAS: to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
KJV: to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
INT: vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes So

Songs 3:6
HEB: הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מוֹר֙
NAS: Like columns of smoke, Perfumed
KJV: like pillars of smoke, perfumed
INT: the wilderness columns of smoke Perfumed myrrh

Isaiah 4:5
HEB: עָנָ֤ן ׀ יוֹמָם֙ וְעָשָׁ֔ן וְנֹ֛גַהּ אֵ֥שׁ
NAS: by day, even smoke, and the brightness
KJV: a cloud and smoke by day,
INT: A cloud day smoke and the brightness fire

Isaiah 6:4
HEB: וְהַבַּ֖יִת יִמָּלֵ֥א עָשָֽׁן׃
NAS: was filling with smoke.
KJV: and the house was filled with smoke.
INT: the temple was filling smoke

Isaiah 9:18
HEB: וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ גֵּא֥וּת עָשָֽׁן׃
NAS: in a column of smoke.
KJV: [like] the lifting up of smoke.
INT: roll A column of smoke

Isaiah 14:31
HEB: כִּ֤י מִצָּפוֹן֙ עָשָׁ֣ן בָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין
NAS: all of you; For smoke comes
KJV: from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone
INT: from the north smoke comes and there

Isaiah 34:10
HEB: לְעוֹלָ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ מִדּ֤וֹר לָדוֹר֙
NAS: or day; Its smoke will go
KJV: nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up
INT: forever will go smoke generation to generation

Isaiah 51:6
HEB: כִּֽי־ שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙
NAS: will vanish like smoke, And the earth
KJV: shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth
INT: For the sky smoke will vanish and the earth

Isaiah 65:5
HEB: קְדַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אֵ֚לֶּה עָשָׁ֣ן בְּאַפִּ֔י אֵ֥שׁ
NAS: than you!' These are smoke in My nostrils,
KJV: to me; for I am holier than thou. These [are] a smoke in my nose,
INT: I am holier These are smoke my nostrils A fire

Hosea 13:3
HEB: יְסֹעֵ֣ר מִגֹּ֔רֶן וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃
NAS: from the threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney.
KJV: out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
INT: is blown the threshing smoke A chimney

Joel 2:30
HEB: וָאֵ֔שׁ וְתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָֽׁן׃
NAS: fire and columns of smoke.
KJV: and fire, and pillars of smoke.
INT: fire and columns of smoke

Nahum 2:13
HEB: צְבָא֔וֹת וְהִבְעַרְתִּ֤י בֶֽעָשָׁן֙ רִכְבָּ֔הּ וּכְפִירַ֖יִךְ
NAS: up her chariots in smoke, a sword
KJV: her chariots in the smoke, and the sword
INT: of hosts will burn smoke her chariots your young

25 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6227
25 Occurrences

‘ā·šān — 14 Occ.
‘ă·šā·nāh — 1 Occ.
‘ă·šā·nōw — 1 Occ.
he·‘ā·šān — 1 Occ.
ke·‘ā·šān — 1 Occ.
kə·‘e·šen — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·‘ā·šān — 1 Occ.
ḇe·‘ā·šān — 4 Occ.
wə·ḵe·‘ā·šān — 1 Occ.