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The term "fiery" in the Bible often conveys the idea of intense heat, passion, or divine judgment. It is used both literally and metaphorically throughout the Scriptures to describe various phenomena, emotions, and divine actions.

1. Fiery Serpents: In the wilderness, the Israelites encountered "fiery serpents" as a form of divine judgment due to their complaints against God and Moses. Numbers 21:6 states, "So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died." The term "fiery" here likely refers to the burning sensation caused by the venomous bites.

2. Fiery Furnace: The account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Book of Daniel is one of the most well-known uses of "fiery." King Nebuchadnezzar ordered them to be thrown into a "fiery furnace" for refusing to worship the golden image. Daniel 3:25 records the miraculous deliverance: "Look! I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!"

3. Fiery Trials: The New Testament uses "fiery" metaphorically to describe the trials and persecutions faced by believers. In 1 Peter 4:12 , the apostle Peter writes, "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you." Here, "fiery" symbolizes the intense and purifying nature of the trials that test the faith of Christians.

4. Fiery Tongue: The Book of James warns about the destructive power of the tongue, likening it to a fire. James 3:6 states, "The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell." The "fiery" nature of the tongue underscores its potential to cause great harm and spread evil.

5. Fiery Judgment: The concept of fiery judgment is prevalent in both the Old and New Testaments. It often symbolizes God's righteous anger and the ultimate purification or destruction of sin. In Hebrews 10:27 , the author warns of "a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries." This imagery serves as a solemn reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's grace.

6. Fiery Chariots and Horses: In 2 Kings 2:11 , the prophet Elijah is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind accompanied by "a chariot of fire and horses of fire." This dramatic scene emphasizes the divine power and glory associated with God's intervention and the transition of Elijah from earthly life to heavenly presence.

The use of "fiery" in the Bible is rich with symbolism and meaning, often pointing to the presence and power of God, the intensity of trials, and the ultimate purification or judgment that comes from the divine.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

2. (a.) Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

3. (a.) Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

4. (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

5. (a.) heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FIERY HEAT

fi'-er-i, fir'-i het:

In Deuteronomy 28:22, where the King James Version has "an extreme burning."

See FEVER.

FIERY SERPENT

See SERPENT.

SERPENT, FIERY

See SERPENT, 3, (2).

Greek

4447. purinos -- fiery
... fiery. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: purinos Phonetic Spelling:
(poo'-ree-nos) Short Definition: fiery, glittering Definition: fiery, glittering. ...
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4450a. purros -- fiery red
... purros. 4450b . fiery red. Transliteration: purros Short Definition: red. Word
Origin from pur Definition fiery red NASB Word Usage red (2). 4450, 4450a. ...
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4450. purrhos -- fiery red
... fiery red. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: purrhos Phonetic Spelling:
(poor-hros') Short Definition: red, fire-colored Definition: red, fire-colored. ...
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4449. purrazo -- to be fiery red
... to be fiery red. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: purrazo Phonetic Spelling:
(poor-hrad'-zo) Short Definition: I am red Definition: I am red, fire-colored. ...
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4442. pur -- fire
... Compare Lev 6:12,13 with 1 Pet 2:5,9.]. Word Origin a prim. word Definition fire
NASB Word Usage burning (2), fiery (2), fire (69). fiery, fire. ...
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4451. purosis -- a burning, hence a refining
... a refining. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: purosis Phonetic Spelling:
(poo'-ro-sis) Short Definition: a burning, trial, fiery test Definition ...
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4448. puroo -- to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.)
... ie (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or
(figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust) -- burn, fiery, be on ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8314a. saraph -- fiery serpent
... 8314, 8314a. saraph. 8314b . fiery serpent. Transliteration: saraph Short
Definition: serpents. Word Origin from saraph Definition ...
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8314. saraph -- fiery serpent
... 8313, 8314. saraph. 8314a . fiery serpent. Transliteration: saraph Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-rawf') Short Definition: serpent. fiery serpent, seraph ...
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688. eqdach -- a fiery glow, sparkle
... 687, 688. eqdach. 689 . a fiery glow, sparkle. Transliteration: eqdach
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dawkh') Short Definition: crystal. ...
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221. Uri -- "fiery," three Israelites
... Uri. 222 . "fiery," three Israelites. Transliteration: Uri Phonetic Spelling:
(oo-ree') Short Definition: Uri. Word Origin from or Definition "fiery," three Isr ...
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784. esh -- a fire
... root Definition a fire NASB Word Usage blazing (1), burned* (1), burning (1), burning
coals (1), fiery (1), fire (362), fires (2), flame (1), flaming (3 ...
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5135. nur -- a fire
... fiery, fire. (Aramaic) from an unused root (corresponding to that of niyr) meaning
to shine; fire -- fiery, fire. see HEBREW niyr. 5134, 5135. nur. 5136 . ...
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799. esh dath -- fire of a law
... Word Origin from esh and dath Definition fire of a law NASB Word Usage flashing
lightning (1). fiery law. From 'esh and dath; a fire-law -- fiery law. ...
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1814. dalaq -- to burn, hotly pursue
... root Definition to burn, hotly pursue NASB Word Usage burning (1), chased (1), chasing
(1), fiery shafts (1), hotly pursue (1), hotly pursued (1), inflame (1 ...
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2746. charchur -- violent heat, fever
... Word Origin from charar Definition violent heat, fever NASB Word Usage fiery heat
(1). fever. From charar; fever (as hot); -extreme burning. see HEBREW charar. ...
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Library

The Story of the Fiery Furnace
... THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE. ... The God whom we serve is able to save us
from the fiery furnace, and we know that he will save us. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of the fiery.htm

He who in the Fiery Furnace
... CANON FOR EASTER DAY BY ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS He who in the fiery furnace. tr., John
Brownlie 8,7,8,7,7,7. Ode Z? ... ho Heirmos. troparion. He who in the fiery furnace ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/he who in the fiery.htm

The Fiery Furnace
... In the Lands of the Heathen Chapter 41 The Fiery Furnace. [This chapter is
based on Daniel 3..] The dream of the great image, opening ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 41 the fiery furnace.htm

A Burning, Fiery Furnace
... BOOK V CHAPTER LV A BURNING, FIERY FURNACE. elaune, kinei, phonion exiei
kalou."Eur. Herc. Fur.837. The examination of the two ...
/.../chapter lv a burning fiery.htm

And if Long and Long Ages of Fiery Pain...
... Address 192: And if long and long ages of fiery pain? And if long and
long ages of fiery pain, and tormenting darkness, fall to ...
/.../address 192 0 0 and if long.htm

The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXXV."The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons;
Specimen of a Magical Invocation. But neither shall ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxxv the divination by a.htm

Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; their Doctrines of ??ons; their ...
... Book VIII. Chapter II."Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of
??ons; Their Account of Creation; Their Notion of a Fiery God. ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter ii docetic notion of the.htm

"When He, Like an Elijah, in his Fiery Chariot...
... [Way-2-7] "When he, like an Elijah, in his fiery chariot? "When he, like
an Elijah, in his fiery chariot, is caught up into such ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-7 when he like an.htm

September 13. "Think it not Strange Concerning the Fiery Trial ...
... SEPTEMBER 13. "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you" (I. Peter xii. 16). "Think it not strange concerning ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /september 13 think it not.htm

The Test by Fire
... Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into a burning, fiery furnace.'"
So when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, flute, lute, harp ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the test by fire.htm

Thesaurus

Fiery (47 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire;
as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. ...FIERY HEAT. ...
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Fiery-red (1 Occurrence)
Fiery-red. Fiery, Fiery-red. Fifteen . Multi-Version Concordance
Fiery-red (1 Occurrence). Revelation 6:4 And another ...
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Blazing (27 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Psalms 21:9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.
Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them. ...
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Shadrach (14 Occurrences)
... Their conduct filled the king with the greatest fury, and he commanded
them to be cast into the burning fiery furnace. Here, amid ...
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Abednego (14 Occurrences)
... 2:49). With Shadrach and Meshach, he was delivered from the burning fiery furnace
(3:12-30). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABED-NEGO. ...
/a/abednego.htm - 13k

Furnace (35 Occurrences)
... as silver tried in a furnace"; compare Proverbs 17:3, "furnace for gold." `Attun,
in Daniel 3:6, where mention is made of "a burning fiery furnace" into which ...
/f/furnace.htm - 22k

Abed-nego (14 Occurrences)
... of the province of Babylon (Daniel 2). Having refused to bow down to the image which
Nebuehadnezzar had set up, he was cast into the burning fiery furnace, and ...
/a/abed-nego.htm - 13k

Meshach (15 Occurrences)
... Daniel 3:20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. ...
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Abed'nego (14 Occurrences)
... Daniel 3:20 and to certain mighty men who 'are' in his force he hath said to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the burning fiery furnace. ...
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Seraphim (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Mentioned in Isaiah 6:2, 3, 6, 7. This word means fiery
ones, in allusion, as is supposed, to their burning love. ...
/s/seraphim.htm - 10k

Resources

Where was Daniel when his three friends were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar's statue? | GotQuestions.org

What should we learn from the account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? | GotQuestions.org

What was Nehushtan? | GotQuestions.org

Fiery: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Fiery (47 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:22
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother,' Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say,'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
(See NAS)

Matthew 13:42
and these they will throw into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.
(WEY NIV)

Matthew 13:50
and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
(WEY NIV)

Matthew 18:9
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
(See NAS)

Ephesians 6:16
above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Hebrews 10:27
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
(KJV WBS YLT)

1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 6:4
And another horse came out--a fiery-red one; and power was given to its rider to take peace from the earth, and to cause men to kill one another; and a great sword was given to him.
(WEY NIV)

Revelation 9:17
Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
(WEB NIV)

Revelation 10:1
I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
(See NIV)

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.
(See NIV)

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."
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:24
Or when flesh hath in its skin a fiery burning, and the quickening of the burning, the bright white spot, hath been very red or white,
(YLT)

Numbers 21:6
Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 21:8
Yahweh said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 8:15
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:22
Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 33:2
He said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery 'shafts'.
(ASV NAS RSV)

Psalms 11:6
On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
(See NIV)

Psalms 21:9
You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Psalms 29:7
The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames,
(YLT)

Psalms 76:3
There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
(See JPS)

Psalms 78:14
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
(See RSV)

Psalms 78:48
He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 14:29
Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY)

Ezekiel 21:31
I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 22:20
As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 22:21
Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 22:31
Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 28:14
You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, so that you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 28:16
By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 38:19
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
(See NIV)

Daniel 3:6
and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:11
and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well : but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:17
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:20
He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:21
Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:23
These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire. Obadiah
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Daniel 7:9
I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Nahum 2:3
The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might 'are in' scarlet, With fiery torches 'is' the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.
(YLT)

Habakkuk 3:5
Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
(ASV JPS)

Subtopics

Fiery

Fiery Heat

Fiery Serpent

Related Terms

Fiery-red (1 Occurrence)

Blazing (27 Occurrences)

Shadrach (14 Occurrences)

Abednego (14 Occurrences)

Furnace (35 Occurrences)

Abed-nego (14 Occurrences)