King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3940
Transliteration: lappid
Phonetic Spelling: (lap-peed')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a torch
Meaning: a flambeau, lamp, flame
Word Summary
lappid: a torch
Original Word: לַפִּידTransliteration: lappid
Phonetic Spelling: (lap-peed')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a torch
Meaning: a flambeau, lamp, flame
Strong's Concordance
firebrand, burning lamp, lightning, torch Or lappid {lap-peed'}; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame -- (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3940. lappid
לַמּיד noun masculineJudges 15:4 torch (Late Hebrew id.); — ׳ל absolute 15:4; Isaiah 62:1; construct Genesis 15:17; Zechariah 12:6; plural לַמִּידִים Judges 15:5 2t., לַמִּידִם Exodus 20:18, לַמִּדִים Judges 7:16 3t.; construct לַמִּידֵי Daniel 10:6: — torch, Judges 7:16, 20; 15:4 (twice in verse); 15:5 (kindled, בְּ אֵשׁ ׳הִבְעִיר); אֵשׁ לַמִּיד Genesis 15:17 ( + תַּנּוּר עָשָׁן,; J E), Zechariah 12:6 (simile of conquering power of [chiefs of] Judah; "" אֵשׁ כִּיּוֺר), אֵשׁ לַמִּידֵי Daniel 10:6 (simile of eyes of angel in vision; "" בָרָק כְּמַרְאֵה וּפָנָיו); simile of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Nahum 2:15 ("" בְּרָקִים); ׳ל of lightning-flashes Exodus 20:18 (E; + קוֺלֹת thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Job 41:11 ("" אֵשׁ כִּידוֺדֵי); of flame between cherubim Ezekiel 1:13 ("" אֵשׁ אֵשׁ, גַּחֲלֵיֿ); simile of Zion's glorious deliverance Isaiah 62:1 ("" נֹגַהּ). — לַמִּיד Job 12:5 see below מִּיד.