Strong's Lexicon kibshan: Furnace Original Word: כִּבְשָׁן Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to subdue or to burn Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2575: κάμινος (kaminos) - furnace, oven Usage: The Hebrew word "kibshan" refers to a furnace, typically used for smelting metals or baking pottery. It is a place of intense heat and is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe situations of severe testing or judgment. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, furnaces were essential for various industrial processes, including metalworking and pottery. The intense heat of a furnace was necessary to purify metals and harden clay, making it a powerful symbol of purification and transformation. In biblical times, furnaces were also associated with divine judgment and the refining of character. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kabash Definition a kiln NASB Translation furnace (2), kiln (2). Brown-Driver-Briggs כִּבְשָׁן noun masculine kiln, for lime or pottery (so Ki, AW; MishnaKel viii. 9; √ and original meaning dubious; according to Thes as subduing, reducing its contents, compare igne ferrum domatur PlinNat. Hist. 36. 27) — always absolute; only in ׳קִיטוֺר הַכּ Genesis 19:28 (J; simile of smoke of כִּכָּר, Sodom and Gomorrah); ׳עֶשֶׁן הַכּ Exodus 19:18 (E; simile of smoke of Sinai); ׳מִּיחַ כ ashes of kiln Exodus 9:8, compare Exodus 9:10 (both P). כדד (√ of following; Arabic Strong's Exhaustive Concordance furnace From kabash; a smelting furnace (as reducing metals) -- furnace. see HEBREW kabash Forms and Transliterations הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן הכבשן הכבשן׃ כִּבְשָׁ֑ן כבשן hak·kiḇ·šān hakkiḇšān hakkivShan kiḇ·šān kiḇšān kivShanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 19:28 HEB: הָאָ֔רֶץ כְּקִיטֹ֖ר הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ NAS: ascended like the smoke of a furnace. KJV: went up as the smoke of a furnace. INT: of the land the smoke of a furnace Exodus 9:8 Exodus 9:10 Exodus 19:18 4 Occurrences |
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is toil severely; 
fatigue, weary, harass, tread; 
mortar in which things are pounded, bruised; 
what remains in bottom of cooking-pot). 
