King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8316
Transliteration: serephah
Phonetic Spelling: (ser-ay-faw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a burning
Meaning: cremation
Word Summary
serephah: a burning
Original Word: שָׂרֵפָהTransliteration: serephah
Phonetic Spelling: (ser-ay-faw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a burning
Meaning: cremation
Strong's Concordance
burning From saraph; cremation -- burning.
see HEBREW saraph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8316. serephah
שְׂרֵפָה noun feminine burning; — absolute ׳שׂ Isaiah 9:4 +, construct שְׂרֵפַת Numbers 19:6 +; — ׳לשׁ of brick-burning Genesis 11:3 (+ שָׁרַף); destructive Amos 4:11; Isaiah 9:4, of land Deuteronomy 29:22, of temple, אֵשׁ לִשְׂרֵפַת הָיָה Isaiah 64:10, שׁ ׳הַר Jeremiah 51:25 i.e. a burnt-out volcano (figurative of Babylonian ); of heifer Numbers 19:6, compare 19:17; of spices (probably) as funeral rite 2 Chronicles 16:14 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 21:19 (object of עָשָׂה), 21:19; of person (penal) Leviticus 10:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb, ׳י subject), Numbers 17:2.