Firebrand

Isaiah 7:4 , Amos 4:11 , Zechariah 3:2 , denotes the burnt end of a stick (Heb. 'ud); in Judges 15:4 , a lamp or torch, a flambeau (Heb. lappid); in Proverbs 26:18 (Compare Ephesians 6:16 ), burning darts or arrows (Heb. zikkim).

Firewood; torch.

And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking FIREBRANDS, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. ( Isaiah 7:4 )

FIREBRAND

fir'-brand ('udh, used for a burning stick taken out of the fire):

In Judges 15:4,5 describing the "brands" (margin "torches") which Samson tied to the foxes' tails, the word is lappidh ("lamp"; see Judges 7:16,20 the Revised Version (British and American), "torches"). Other words are ziqqim, "sparks," "flames" (fiery darts; Proverbs 26:18), and ziqoth (Isaiah 50:11); 'udh is used figuratively of angry men (Isaiah 7:4), and of those mercifully rescued from destruction (Amos 4:11; Zechariah 3:2; the Revised Version (British and American) "brand"). the Revised Version (British and American) gives "firebrand" as translation of moqedh (the King James Version "hearth") in Psalms 102:3, "My bones are burned as a firebrand" (margin "as a hearth").

See BRAND.

W. L. Walker