Strong's Hebrew
5635. saraph -- burn... Word Origin the same as saraph, qv. burn A primitive root; to cremate, ie To be
(near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the
pyre) -- burn. 5634, 5635.
... /hebrew/5635.htm - 5k 4071. medurah -- a pile (of wood)
... Short Definition: pile. Word Origin from dur Definition a pile (of wood)
NASB Word Usage pile (1), pyre (1). pile for fire. Or mdurah ...
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The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods.
... fire [unquenchable]. But O man, who lovest the human race better, and art
truer than Apollo, pity him that is bound on the pyre. Do ...
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Imperial Tombs.
... As soon as the body had been placed on the pyre the "march past" began in the same
order, the officers and men of the various army corps making their ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter iv imperial tombs.htm
The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp,
... For he had always been honored, even before his martyrdom, for his holy life.
?^3Straightway then, they set about him the material prepared for the pyre. ...
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If the Scorpion, Swinging his Tail in the Air...
... His own, had required martyrdoms for Himself, who would have reproached Him for
the deadly religion, and the mournful ceremonies, and the altar-pyre, and the ...
/.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter vii if the scorpion.htm
A Disgraceful Feature of the Roman Mythology it Honours Such ...
... 7. [Tom. vii. p. 184.]. [946] Æditum ejus. [947] That is, when he mounted the pyre.
[948] Herculi functam. "Fungi alicui" means to satisfy, or yield to. ...
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Gods, those which were Confessedly Elevated to the Divine ...
... You, however, raised him from the pyre to the sky, with the same facility with which
(you have distinguished in like manner) another hero [1051] also, who was ...
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The Same Night which Saw the Red Glare of the Burning Monastery ...
... night which saw the red glare of the burning monastery reflected from end to end
of the Campagna, like the glow of some gigantic pagan funeral pyre, saw also ...
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The Judicial Retribution of These Migrations Refuted with Raillery ...
... sepulture allowed him. Not that any great care, after all, is bestowed on his
pyre, so that other animals light upon his remains. At any ...
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Analogies to the History of Christ.
... whom you deem worthy of deification, and in whose behalf you produce some one who
swears he has seen the burning Cæsar rise to heaven from the funeral pyre? ...
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What Sin Does to Men
... then? Evil deeds are the occasion of the divine retribution. They are 'a
spark.' It is they who light the pyre, not God. The prophet ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(
n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
Thesaurus
Pyre (1 Occurrence)... Multi-Version Concordance
Pyre (1 Occurrence).
... Yes, for the king it is made ready.
He has made its
pyre deep and large with fire and much wood.
.../p/pyre.htm - 6kPile (16 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot. 9. (n.) A funeral pile;
a pyre. 10. (n.) A large building, or mass of buildings. 11. ...
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Kindles (6 Occurrences)
... Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire
and much wood. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it. ...
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Kindle (25 Occurrences)
... Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire
and much wood. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it. ...
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Pyrrhus (1 Occurrence)
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Pyramid
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Sulfur (14 Occurrences)
... Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire
and much wood. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it. ...
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Fire (602 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:2, 3 has pura, "pyre," and Mark 14:54 Luke 22:56, phos, "light," the Revised
Version (British and American) "in the light (of the fire)." "To set on ...
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Molech (16 Occurrences)
... The place where it was practiced from the days of Ahaz and Manasseh was the Valley
of Hinnom where Topheth stood, a huge altar-pyre for the burning of the ...
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Moloch (2 Occurrences)
... The place where it was practiced from the days of Ahaz and Manasseh was the Valley
of Hinnom where Topheth stood, a huge altar-pyre for the burning of the ...
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Bible Concordance
Pyre (1 Occurrence)Isaiah 30:33 For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
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