Strong's Lexicon anthrax: Coal, burning coal, charcoal Original Word: ἄνθραξ Word Origin: Derived from a root word meaning "to glow" or "to burn." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1513 (גֶּחֶל, gechel): Refers to a burning coal or ember, used in similar contexts in the Old Testament. Usage: The Greek word "anthrax" refers to a piece of burning coal or charcoal. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe the act of heaping "burning coals" on someone's head, which is a figure of speech for causing someone to feel remorse or shame that leads to repentance. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, coals were essential for daily life, used for cooking, heating, and metalworking. The imagery of burning coals was familiar to the original audience, symbolizing purification, judgment, or intense emotion. The metaphor of heaping burning coals on someone's head is thought to originate from an Egyptian ritual where a person showed repentance by carrying a pan of burning coals on their head. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition coal, charcoal NASB Translation coals (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 440: ἄνθραξἄνθραξ, ἄνθρακος, ὁ, coal (also, from Thucydides and Aristophanes down, ἄνθραξ πυρός a coal of fire i. e. a burning or a live coal), live coal; Romans 12:20 ἄνθρακας πυρός σωρεύειν ἐπί τήν κεφαλήν τίνος, a proverbial expression, from Proverbs 25:22, signifying to call up, by the favors you confer on your enemy, the memory in him of the wrong he has done you (which shall pain him as if live coals were heaped on his head), that he may the more readily repent. The Arabians call things that cause very acute mental pain burning coals of the heart and fire in the liver; cf. Gesenius in Rosenmüller's Biblical-exeg. Repert. i., p. 140f (or in his Thesaurus i. 280; cf. also BB. DD. under the word Strong's Exhaustive Concordance coal of fire. Of uncertain derivation; a live coal -- coal of fire. Forms and Transliterations άνθρακα άνθρακά ανθρακας άνθρακας ἄνθρακας άνθρακες άνθρακος ανθράκων άνθραξ άνθραξι anthrakas ánthrakasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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