HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H254
אָח
ach — hearth
fire-pot, brazier
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Hearth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4169
מוֹקְדָה
mo.qe.dah — hearth
1) hearth 1a) hearth-the plate or top of altar
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4018
מְבַשְּׁלוֹת
me.vash.sh.lah — hearth
cooking places
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4168
מוֹקֵד
mo.qed — burning
a burning mass, burning, hearth
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4729
מִקְטָר
miq.tar — fumigation
place of sacrificial smoke, altar, hearth, incense
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H691
אֶרְאֵל
er.el — hero
1) (CLBL) hero, valiant one 2) (BDB) form and meaning uncertain 3) (TWOT) Ariel or hearth
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20168
ἀφέστιος
aphestios — far from home
far from hearth and home
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6529
αριήλ
ariēl — altar hearth
altar hearth
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7516
ἐσχάρα
eschara — a grate
1. the hearth, fire-place , (Homer); the sanctuary of suppliants, καθέζετο ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσιν (Odyssey by Homer):—; a pan of coals, a brasier , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. πυρὸς ἐσχάραι the watch-fires of the camp, (Iliad by Homer) 3. an altar for burnt-offerings , (Odyssey by Homer) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7715
ἱκέτης
hiketēs — a supplicant
one who comes to seek protection, a suppliant or fugitive , who lays his ἱκετηρία on the altar or hearth, after which his person was inviolable; especially one who seeks purification after homicide , (Homer), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2025
הַרְאֵל
har.el — altar
altar, altar hearth
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H741
אֲרִאֵיל
a.ri.el — altar
hearth, altar hearth, altar
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Heb. ah (Jer. 36:22, 23; R.V., “brazier”), meaning a large pot like a brazier, a portable furnace in which fire was kept in the king’s winter apartment. Heb. kiyor (Zech. 12:6; R.V., “pan”), a fire-pan. Heb. moqed (Ps. 102:3; R.V., “fire-brand”), properly a fagot. Heb. yaqud (Isa. 30:14), a burning mass on a hearth.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.