Bible Dictionary: Glow

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

2. (v. i.) To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.

3. (v. i.) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

4. (v. i.) To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passion; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.

5. (v. t.) To make hot; to flush.

6. (n.) White or red heat; incandescence.

7. (n.) Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.

8. (n.) Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.

9. (n.) Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.

Greek

4448. puroo -- to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.)
... puroo Phonetic Spelling: (poo-ro'-o) Short Definition: I burn, am purified by fire
Definition: pass: I burn, am set on fire, am inflamed; glow with heat, am ...
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2204. zeo -- to boil, be hot
... be fervent. A primary verb; to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), ie
(figuratively) be fervid (earnest) -- be fervent. (zeontes) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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2738. kauma -- heat
... heat. From kaio; properly, a burn (concretely), but used (abstractly) of a glow --
heat. see GREEK kaio. (kauma) -- 2 Occurrences. 2737b, 2738. kauma. 2739 > ...
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Strong's Hebrew

688. eqdach -- a fiery glow, sparkle
... 687, 688. eqdach. 689 . a fiery glow, sparkle. Transliteration: eqdach
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dawkh') Short Definition: crystal. ...
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5868. ayam -- perhaps a glow
... 5867b, 5868. ayam. 5869 . perhaps a glow. Transliteration: ayam Phonetic
Spelling: (ah-yawm') Short Definition: scorching. Word ...
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2787. charar -- to be hot or scorched, to burn
... root Definition to be hot or scorched, to burn NASB Word Usage been charred (1),
blow fiercely (1), burn (1), burned (2), charred (1), glow (1), kindle (1 ...
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2734. charah -- to burn or be kindled with anger
... A primitive root (compare charar); to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually)
to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy -- be angry, burn, be displeased, X ...
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3855. Lahad -- a man of Judah
... Lahad. From an unused root meaning to glow (compare lahab) or else to be earnest
(compare lahag); Lahad, an Israelite -- Lahad. see HEBREW lahab. ...
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6704. tsicheh -- parched
... Usage parched (1). dried up. From an unused root meaning to glow; parched --
dried up. 6703, 6704. tsicheh. 6705 . Strong's Numbers.
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1513. gechel -- coal
... burning coal. Or (feminine) gacheleth {gah-kheh'-leth}; from an unused root meaning
to glow or kindle; an ember -- (burning) coal. 1512, 1513. ...
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6272. atham -- perhaps to burn
... be darkened. A primitive root; probably to glow, ie (figuratively) be desolated --
be darkened. 6271, 6272. atham. 6273 . Strong's Numbers.
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2152. zalaphah -- raging heat
... horrible, horror, terrible. Or ziliaphaph {zil-aw-faw'}; from za'aph; a glow (of
wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming) -- horrible, horror, terrible. ...
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2560. chamar -- to ferment, boil or foam up
... A primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow
(with redness); as denominative (from chemar) to smear with pitch -- daub, befoul ...
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Library

The Next Morning Dawned with all the Strange Half Mystical Glow of ...
... XXIV. The next morning dawned with all the strange half mystical glow
of light and colour� The next morning dawned with all the ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxiv the next morning dawned.htm

The Summer Day
... Cant. i.7. Sweet shades and fields that glow with summer flowers,. ... That ye are fair
to see. Sweet shades and fields that glow with summer flowers,. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the summer day.htm

Fire on Earth
... Now, opinions differ as to what is meant by this fire Some would have, it to mean
the glow of love kindled in believing hearts, and others explain it by other ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/fire on earth.htm

While Vergilius, Going Slowly, was Thinking of These Things...
... "Too late; I fear he knows it now"the wretch!" said Arria, rubbing her cheeks
to make them glow. ... They were as waters rippling in the sun-glow. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 7 while vergilius going.htm

Christian Ballads.
... By day along th' astonished lands The cloudy Pillar glided slow, By night Arabia's
crimson'd sands Returned the fiery Column's glow. * * * *. ...
/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter vi christian ballads.htm

Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists
... you can see the line of the Humber and the North Sea, and the Dock Tower of Grimsby
by day; and by night the lantern of Spurn lighthouse, the dull glow of Hull ...
/.../manning/the hymns of wesley and watts five papers/hymns for the use of.htm

The Day was Near Its End. ...
... light of the lantern. Slowly they came near, and soon saw its glow falling
upon rocks and moving shadows beneath it. Then said David ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 25 the day was.htm

The History Books
... golden light. Even the sullen surface of the Dead Sea reflects the glory,
and the hills of Moab glow as though on fire. 'God is ...
/.../duff/the bible in its making/chapter iv the history books.htm

The Interest of his Biography.
... "John, than which man a sadder or a greater Not till this day has been of woman
born; John, like some iron peak by the Creator Fired with the red glow of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/i the interest of his.htm

Anschar, Apostle of the North.
... In the East itself was seen a wonderful glow of light"a changeless ray, of surpassing
brightness, from which the most glorious colours beamed. ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/anschar apostle of the north.htm

Thesaurus

Glow (3 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health
in the cheeks. ... Multi-Version Concordance Glow (3 Occurrences). ...
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Glossy (2 Occurrences)

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Gloweth (1 Occurrence)

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Inflame (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to
burn, flame, or glow. 2. (vt) Fig.: To kindle or intensify ...
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Rose (279 Occurrences)
... "Mount Carmel especially abounds in the cistus, which in April covers some of the
barer parts of the mountain with a glow not inferior to that of the Scottish ...
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Envy (56 Occurrences)
... In the Old Testament it is the translation of qin'ah from kana', "to redden," "to
glow" (Job 5:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "jealousy," margin ...
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Excellent (52 Occurrences)
... Other words are bachar, "to glow," "try," "choose" (Songs 5:15); ga'on, "mounting,"
"swelling" (Isaiah 4:2; see EXCELLENCY); gadhal, "to make or become great ...
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Deuteronomy (1 Occurrence)
... These farewell addresses of Moses to the tribes of Israel he had so long led in
the wilderness "glow in each line with the emotions of a great leader ...
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Parts (856 Occurrences)
... 2) 'achor, ("hinder part," "the West"): Used of God in an anthropomorphic sense
("Thou shalt see my back," Exodus 33:23) to signify "the after-glow of the ...
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Bloom (9 Occurrences)
... as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive
freshness; a flush; a glow. 5. (n.) The clouded appearance ...
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Bible Concordance

Glow (3 Occurrences)

Revelation 1:15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 4:5 And the LORD will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 24:11 Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Glow

Related Terms

Glossy (2 Occurrences)

Gloweth (1 Occurrence)

Inflame (3 Occurrences)

Rose (279 Occurrences)

Envy (56 Occurrences)

Excellent (52 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy (1 Occurrence)

Parts (856 Occurrences)

Bloom (9 Occurrences)