STRONGS NUMBER H8316


Word Summary
serephah: a burning
Original Word: שָׂרֵפָה
Transliteration: 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

שְׂרֵפָהnoun feminine burning; — absolute ׳שׂIsaiah 9:4 +, construct שְׂרֵפַתNumbers 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 הָיָהIsaiah 64:10, שׁ ׳הַרJeremiah 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.