Soot
פִּיחַStrong’s H6368piach (pi-ach)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Piach is the Hebrew word usually translated “soot of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.”
Meaning
- Soot, ashes
How it's translated
- soot of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
פִּיחַ piach · soot
soot, ashes
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “soot” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOOT, noun
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke. soot consists of oil, carbon and other substances. The soot of burnt pine forms lampblack.
All definitions and other forms of “soot”
SOOT, verb transitive
To cover or foul with soot
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.