Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1513
גֶּחֶל
gechelgeh'-khel
coal
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1513is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1513
an ember
The King James renders it: (burning) coal.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gechel is rendered "coal". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 16:12Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
Leviticus 16:12גַּֽחֲלֵי־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- coals3
- coals of3
- and coals of2
- burning coals2
- burning coals its1
- burning coals of1
- coal1
- coal my1
- coals its1
- like coals of1
- the burning coals1
- to burning coals1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְגַֽחֲלֵי־2
- גַּחֲלֵ֥י1
- גַֽחֲלֵי־1
- גַּֽחֲלֵי־1
- גַּחֲלֵי־1
- גֶּחָלֶ֖יהָ1
- גֶּחָלָיו֙1
- גֶֽחָלִ֗ים1
- גֶּ֝חָלִ֗ים1
- גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים1
- גֶּחָלִ֖ים1
- גֶּחָלִ֣ים1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural5HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmpc
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Leviticus
one use
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- גַּֽחֲלֵי־gachalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: coals of
2 Samuel
three uses
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
- גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙gachaltinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: coal my
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- גֶּחָלִ֖יםgechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: coals
From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
- גַּחֲלֵי־gachalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: coals of
Job
one use
His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
- גֶּחָלִ֣יםgechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: coals
Psalms
five uses
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- גֶּ֝חָלִ֗יםgechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: coals
From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
- וְגַֽחֲלֵי־vegachalei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and coals of
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
- וְגַֽחֲלֵי־vegachalei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and coals of
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- גַּחֲלֵ֥יgachaleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: burning coals of
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
- גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥יםgechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: burning coals
Proverbs
three uses
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
- הַגֶּחָלִ֑יםhagechalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the burning coals
For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
- גֶֽחָלִ֗יםgechalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: burning coals
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
- לְ֭גֶחָלִיםlegechalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to burning coals
Isaiah
two uses
And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
- גֶּחָלָיו֙gechalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: coals its
Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
- גַּחֶ֣לֶתgacheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: coal
Ezekiel
three uses
In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
- כְּגַחֲלֵי־kegachalei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like coals of
And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
- גַֽחֲלֵי־gachalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: coals of
Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
- גֶּחָלֶ֖יהָgechaleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: burning coals its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.