Word Study · Strong's H3536 · Hebrew
כִּבְשָׁן
kibshan
kib-shawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kibshân
“a smelting furnace (as reducing metals)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a smelting furnace (as reducing metals)
Rendered in the KJV as
furnace.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן1
- הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן1
- הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃1
- כִּבְשָׁ֑ן1
How it is rendered · 2
- the furnace3
- a furnace1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 9:8כִּבְשָׁ֑ןkivshannoun · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.here: a furnace
- Exodus 9:10הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ןhakivshanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.here: the furnace
- Exodus 19:18הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ןhakivshanthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularMount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.here: the furnace