Scorching
זַלְעָפָהStrong’s H2152zalaphah (zal-a-phah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zalaphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “burning heat”, “burning indignation” and “burning heat of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”
Meaning
- Burning heat, raging heat
How it's translated
- burning heat 1
- burning indignation 1
- burning heat of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Lamentations 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
זַלְעָפָה zalaphah · scorching
burning heat, raging heat
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scorching” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCORCH'ING, participle present
tense Burning on the surface; paining by heat.
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.