Furnace
אַתּוּןStrong’s H0861attun (at-tun)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Attun is the Aramaic word usually translated “furnace of” and “furnace the”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
Meaning
- Furnace
How it's translated
- furnace of 7
- furnace the 1
- to furnace of 1
- and furnace the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 10
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:11In contextAnd whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye 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?
- Daniel 3:17In contextIf 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 thine hand, O king.
- Daniel 3:19In contextThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
- Daniel 3:20In contextAnd he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:21In contextThen these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Aramaic dictionary
אַתּוּן attun · furnace
furnace
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “furnace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FUR'NACE, noun
[Latin fornax, furnus, either from burning, or the sense is an arch.]
- A place where a vehement fire and heat may be made and maintained, for melting ores or metals, etc.
- In scripture, a place of cruel bondage and affliction. Deuteronomy 4:20
- Grievous afflictions by which men are tried. Ezekiel 22:18
- A place of temporal torment. Daniel 3:6
All definitions and other forms of “furnace”
- Hell; the place of endless torment. Matthew 13:42
FUR'NACE, verb transitive
To throw out sparks as a furnace
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.