To kindle
קָדַחStrong’s H6919qadach (qa-dach)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qadach is the Hebrew word usually translated “it has been kindled”, “kindle” and “as kindles”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.”
Meaning
- To kindle, be kindled(Qal)
How it's translated
- it has been kindled 2
- kindle 1
- as kindles 1
- you have kindled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 50:11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- Isaiah 64:2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
- Jeremiah 15:14And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
- Jeremiah 17:4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
Hebrew dictionary
קָדַח qadach · to kindle
1) to kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kindle 1a2) to be kindled
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “kindle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KIN'DLE, verb transitive
[Latin accendo; from the root of candeo, caneo, to be light or white, to shine.]
- To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to light; as, to kindle a fire.
- To inflame, as the passions; to exasperate; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle resentment; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.“So is a contentious woman to kindle strife” Proverbs 26:21
- To bring forth.
All definitions and other forms of “kindle”
KIN'DLE, verb intransitive
To take fire; to begin to burn with flame. Fuel and fire well laid, will kindle without a bellows.
- To begin to rage, or be violently excited; to be roused or exasperated.“It shall kindle in the thickets of the forest” Isaiah 9:18
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.