Firebrand
אוּדStrong’s H0181ud
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ud is the Hebrew word usually translated “pieces of firewood”, “like a piece of firewood” and “piece of firewood”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?”
Meaning
- Brand, fire brand
How it's translated
- pieces of firewood 1
- like a piece of firewood 1
- a piece of firewood 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
- Amos 1
- Zechariah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 7:4And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
- Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
אוּד ud · firebrand
brand, fire brand
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “firebrand” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FI'REBRAND, noun
- A piece of wood kindled or on fire.
- An incendiary; one who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.