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Flame of fire

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6394

פִּלְדָּשׁ

pil.dash — Pildash

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Pildash = "flame of fire" one of the 8 sons of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, by Milcah his wife or niece

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Historical dictionary entry

Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating “the intense, all-consuming operation of his holiness in relation to sin.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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