Aramaic word · H7631

שְׂבִיב

shevivin

flame

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

flame

Aramaic of sha.viv (שָׁבִיב "flame" H7632)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 3:22 שְׁבִיבָ֖א flame the

    The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

  2. Daniel 7:9 שְׁבִיבִ֣ין [was] flames

    As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

    Here: 'Flames'. The throne doesn't sit in fire. It is made of leaping flames.

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