STRONGS NUMBER H6227

Word Summary

ashan: smoke

Original Word: עָשָׁן
Transliteration: ashan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: smoke
Meaning: smoke

Strong's Concordance

smoke

From ashan; smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger) -- smoke(-ing).

see HEBREW ashan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6227. ashan

I. עָשָׁן‎ noun masculine^{Exodus 19:16} smoke; — absolute ׳ע‎ Judges 20:38 +, construct עֲשַׁן‎ Joshua 8:20-21, עֶ֫שֶׁן‎ Exodus 19:18; suffix עֲשָׁנוֺ‎ 19:18, עֲשָׁנָהּ‎ Isaiah 34:10; —

1. a. of burning city Joshua 8:20; 8:21; Judges 20:88; Judges 20:40, compare Nahum 2:14; heralding a foe Isaiah 14:31.

b. in figurative of destruction of Israel Isaiah 9:17, Edom 34:10.

c. simile of dust-cloud Song of Solomon 3:6; of transitoriness Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 51:6; Psalm 37:20 (reading ׳כֶּע‎, as ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎), 68:3; 102:4; simile of the unpleasant, Proverbs 10:26.

d. breath of crocodile Job 41:12.

2. a. attending theoph., ע ׳תַּנּוּר‎ Genesis 15:17; of mountain Exodus 19:18, compare simile ׳כְּע הַכִּבְשָׁן‎ 19:18; Isaiah 6:4, also 4:5; Joel 3:3.

b. of God's anger, ׳ע בְּאַמּוֺ‎ 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9; so probably also Isaiah 65:5.

King James Bible