Dictionary entry

Torch

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

torch (lappidh; lampas; in the King James Version this word occurs only 4 times (Na 2:3,4 (Hebrew 4,5);Zec 12:6;Joh 18:3). In the Revised Version (British and American) it is found 10 times (Ge 15:17;Jud 7:16,20;Job 41:19(Hebrew 11);Eze 1:13;Da 10:6;Na 2:4(Hebrew 5);Zec 12:6;Joh 18:3;Re 8:10)): A flambeau; a large portable light.

SeeLAMP;LANTERN.