Word Study · Strong's H228 · Hebrew
אֲזָא
aza
az-zaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼăzâʼ
“to kindle”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to kindle; (by implication) to heat
Rendered in the KJV as
heat, hot.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- אֵזֵ֣ה1
- לְמֵזֵ֣א1
- לְמֵזְיֵֽהּ׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- [was] heated1
- to heat1
- to heat it1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive (qal passive), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
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- AR/Vqcc · 1
- AR/Vqcc/Sp3ms · 1
- AVQrmsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel3 occurrences
- Daniel 3:19לְמֵזֵ֣אlemeze'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,here: to heat
- Daniel 3:19לְמֵזְיֵֽהּ׃lemezeyehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAt this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,here: to heat it
- Daniel 3:22אֵזֵ֣הʾezehverb · passive (qal passive), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe 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.here: [was] heated