HebrewH1513Noun (Feminine)

גַּחֶ֫לֶת

ge.chel

13Occurrences
H1513Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an ember

or (feminine) גַּחֶלֶת; from an unused root meaning to glow or kindle;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
coal, burning coal, coals of fire, hot coals

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

גַּחֶ֫לֶת appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3
Ezk
3
Proverbs
3
Isaiah
2
Leviticus
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 14:7BSB

Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

2 Samuel 22:13BSB

From the brightness of His presencecoals of fire blazed forth.

Ezk 10:2BSB

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Isaiah 44:19BSB

And no one considers in his heart,no one has the knowledge or insight to say,“I burned half of it in the fire,and I baked bread on its coals;I roasted meat and I ate.Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it?Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

Leviticus 16:12BSB

Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.