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In the context of the Bible, burns and fire are often symbolic of God's presence, judgment, purification, and the trials faced by believers. The imagery of fire and burning is prevalent throughout the Scriptures, serving both literal and metaphorical purposes.

Divine Presence and Revelation

Fire is frequently associated with the presence of God. In Exodus 3:2, Moses encounters the Angel of the Lord in a burning bush that is not consumed by the flames: "And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire, but it was not consumed." This miraculous event signifies God's holy presence and His call to Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

Similarly, in Exodus 19:18, Mount Sinai is enveloped in smoke because the Lord descends upon it in fire: "Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently." Here, fire represents God's majesty and the awe-inspiring nature of His revelation to His people.

Judgment and Punishment

Fire is also a symbol of divine judgment and punishment. In Genesis 19:24, the Lord rains down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah as a judgment for their wickedness: "Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens." This event underscores the severity of God's judgment against sin and immorality.

The New Testament continues this theme, with fire representing the final judgment. In Revelation 20:14-15, the lake of fire is described as the second death for those not found in the Book of Life: "Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."

Purification and Refinement

Fire is also used metaphorically to describe the process of purification and refinement. In Malachi 3:2-3, the coming of the Lord is likened to a refiner's fire: "But who can endure the day of His coming? Who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver." This passage illustrates how God's refining fire purifies His people, removing impurities and preparing them for His service.

The Apostle Peter echoes this concept in 1 Peter 1:6-7, where he speaks of trials as a means of refining faith: "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials, so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

Trials and Suffering

Believers are often likened to those who pass through fire, symbolizing trials and suffering. In Isaiah 43:2, God promises His presence and protection through such trials: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." This assurance highlights God's faithfulness and protection during times of hardship.

Conclusion

The imagery of burns and fire in the Bible serves as a powerful reminder of God's holiness, judgment, and the transformative process of purification. Whether as a symbol of divine presence or a metaphor for trials, fire underscores the profound and multifaceted nature of God's interaction with His creation.

Greek

2545. kaio -- to kindle, burn
... Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to kindle, burn NASB Word Usage blazing (1),
burned (2), burning (5), burns (2), light (1), lit (1). burn, light. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3857. lahat -- to blaze up, flame
... 3856, 3857. lahat. 3858 . to blaze up, flame. Transliteration: lahat Phonetic
Spelling: (law-hat') Short Definition: burns. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2734. charah -- to burn or be kindled with anger
... Word Usage angered (1), angry (18), angry* (5), became (1), became angry (4), became
furious (1), became...angry (3), burn (5), burned (29), burns (1), compete ...
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4348. mikvah -- a burnt spot, scar of a burn
... Word Origin from kavah Definition a burnt spot, scar of a burn NASB Word Usage burn
(5). that burns, burning. From kavah; a burn -- that burneth, burning. ...
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2142. zakar -- remember
... Definition remember NASB Word Usage been mindful (1), boast (1), bring my to
remembrance (1), bringing to mind (1), brings to remembrance (1), burns (1), call ...
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1197a. baar -- to burn, consume
... root Definition to burn, consume NASB Word Usage blazed (1), burn (15), burned
(12), burning (13), burns (3), clean sweep (1), consume (1), consumed (2 ...
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6999. qatar -- to make sacrifices smoke
... burn incense (17), burn sacrifices (3), burned (5), burned incense (17), burned
sacrifices (3), burning incense (4), burning sacrifices (5), burns incense (1 ...
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3344. yaqad -- to be kindled, to burn
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be kindled, to burn NASB Word Usage
burn (2), burning (3), burns (2), hearth (1), kindled (1). ...
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8313. saraph -- to burn
... root Definition to burn NASB Word Usage brought (1), burn (35), burn it as he burned
(1), burned (70), burns (5), completely burned (1), made (1), undertaker (1 ...
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3341. yatsath -- to kindle, burn
... root Definition to kindle, burn NASB Word Usage aflame (1), burn (1), burned (3),
burned down (1), burns (2), kindle (4), kindled (2), set (12), set on fire (1 ...
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Library

Burns
... Burns. Burns, James Drummond, a Scotch Presbyterian divine, was born in Edinburgh
February 18, 1823. He was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/burns.htm

R. Burns
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCXXXIV R. Burns. O Thou unknown, Almighty
Cause Of all my hope and fear! In Whose dread presence, ere an hour,. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccxxxiv r burns.htm

With the Rev. William Burns
... CHAPTER XI WITH THE REV. WILLIAM BURNS. ... The following letter was written by Mr.
Burns to his mother at home in Scotland about this time:". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter xi with the rev.htm

Chapter twenty-eight
... It was the afternoon of that morning when Burns was installed in his new position
as assistant janitor that he was cleaning off the front steps of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-eight.htm

Church Union.
... Rev. WC Burns arrived in July, 1851. Rev. James Johnston arrived in Dec.,
1853. Dr. Young and Mr. Burns left Amoy in August, 1854. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/fagg/forty years in south china/viii church union.htm

Called to Swatow
... I had never had such a spiritual father as Mr. Burns; I had never known such holy,
happy fellowship; and I said to myself that it could not be GOD'S will that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter xii called to swatow.htm

An Example Showing How one is Hindered in this Exercise
... He enters in truth into the dog-days, and the splendour of the Divine rays burns
so fiercely and so hotly from above, and the heart wounded by love is so ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter xxv an example showing.htm

Faith and Works
... Now, when such anguish "burns," and Christ still holds his place as foundation in
the heart"that is, if nothing is preferred to him and if the man whose ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xviii faith and.htm

Bibliography
... Literally translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province (second and revised
edition), London (Burns, Oates & Benziger) 1912-1936; (Burns, Oates & ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/bibliography.htm

To Monna Agnese who was the Wife of Messer Orso Malavolti
... valiant spirit, and one feels in her keen and solemn meditations that she had herself
known the bitter and corroding power of the sin "that burns and does not ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to monna agnese who was.htm

Thesaurus

Burns (34 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Burns (34 Occurrences). ... These two were thrown alive into
the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. (WEB DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Devours (26 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol,
Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains ...
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Warms (3 Occurrences)
... Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. ... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 44:16 He burns
part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. ...
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Fiery (47 Occurrences)
... worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire
that burns with sulfur. (See NIV). Revelation 21:8 But for ...
/f/fiery.htm - 21k

Consumes (21 Occurrences)
... me. (WEB NIV). Psalms 83:14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame
that sets the mountains on fire, (See RSV NIV). Psalms ...
/c/consumes.htm - 11k

Sulfur (14 Occurrences)
... who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire
that burns with sulfur. (WEB NIV). Revelation 20:10 The ...
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Breaks (35 Occurrences)
... Psalms 46:9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and
shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Warm (25 Occurrences)
... Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. ... (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT
NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 44:16 He burns part of it in the fire. ...
/w/warm.htm - 15k

Bathe (35 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 16:28 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ...
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Sheol (64 Occurrences)
... Abaddon hath no covering" (Job 26:6). "If I make my bed in Sheol," says the Psalmist,
"behold thou art there" (Psalm 139:8). The wrath of Yahweh burns unto the ...
/s/sheol.htm - 34k

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Burns (34 Occurrences)

Revelation 19:20
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Revelation 21:8
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV)

Exodus 22:6
When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 16:28
He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 19:8
He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 14:10
therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 22:13
Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Kings 22:17
Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.
(See NAS)

Job 19:11
His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.
(See NIV)

Job 30:30
My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
(See NIV)

Job 31:12
It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
(See NIV)

Psalms 46:9
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 83:14
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
(WEB NAS)

Psalms 97:3
A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings 'are' burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!
(See NIV)

Isaiah 5:25
Therefore Yahweh's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 44:15
Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.
(WEB)

Isaiah 44:16
He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire."
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 47:14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 65:5
who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Isaiah 66:3
He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
(WEB NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 48:35
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 48:45
Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 15:4
See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
(See NIV)

Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
(WEB NAS)

Hosea 8:5
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 2:3
A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Amos 6:10
"When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house,'Is there yet any with you?' And he says,'No;' then he will say,'Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of Yahweh.'
(WEB RSV)

Habakkuk 1:16
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Zechariah 10:3
Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.
(See NIV)

Malachi 4:1
"For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
(WEB)

Subtopics

Burns

Related Terms

Burnt-sacrifice (13 Occurrences)

Burnt-sacrifices (4 Occurrences)

Burnt-out (1 Occurrence)

Burnt-offering (205 Occurrences)

Burnt-offerings (86 Occurrences)

Meat-offerings (10 Occurrences)

Moons (17 Occurrences)

Yearling (48 Occurrences)

Drink-offering (33 Occurrences)