כָּוָה
kava · scorch, burn
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3554 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kava (כָּוָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scorch, burn”.
To burn, to scorch; to leave the skin blistered by fire.
How to say it
ka·va
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To have one's skin harmed by fire.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- be burned ×1
- be scorched ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 6:28
Or can a man walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
- Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not sweep you away; when you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not burn against you.