Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to burn
Usage: (Pael) burnt Another spelling of sa.raph (שָׂרַף "to burn" H8313)
Caraph means “burn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H5635 סָרַף (caraph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. caraph (saw-raf') v. 1. to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre) [a primitive root] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include is. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
caraph (saw-raf') v. 1. to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre) [a primitive root] KJV: burn.
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to burn
Usage: (Pael) burnt Another spelling of sa.raph (שָׂרַף "to burn" H8313)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render caraph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H5635.
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5635, grouped by book.
Caraph (Strong's H5635) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "burn". caraph (saw-raf') v. 1. to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H5635 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5635 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as is. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.