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In biblical literature, the term "flaming" often refers to fire or a fiery appearance, symbolizing God's presence, judgment, or purification. The imagery of flames is used throughout the Bible to convey divine power and holiness, as well as to depict the destructive force of God's judgment against sin.

Divine Presence and Holiness

One of the most significant uses of "flaming" in the Bible is to describe the presence of God. In Exodus 3:2, Moses encounters the Angel of the LORD in a burning bush: "There the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire, but it was not consumed." This flaming bush signifies God's holy presence and His call to Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

Similarly, in Exodus 19:18, Mount Sinai is described as being covered in smoke because "the LORD had descended on it in fire." The flaming fire here represents God's holiness and the awe-inspiring nature of His presence as He gives the Law to Moses.

Judgment and Destruction

Flaming fire is also a symbol of God's judgment. In Genesis 19:24, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is described: "Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens." The flaming fire here is a manifestation of divine judgment against the wickedness of these cities.

In the New Testament, flaming fire is associated with the final judgment. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 speaks of the Lord Jesus being revealed from heaven "in blazing fire with His powerful angels, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus." This passage underscores the severity of divine judgment and the ultimate triumph of God's justice.

Purification and Refinement

Flaming fire is also used metaphorically to describe the process of purification and refinement. In Malachi 3:2-3, the coming of the Lord is likened to a refiner's fire: "But who can endure the day of His coming? Who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver." Here, the flaming fire symbolizes the purification of God's people, preparing them for His service.

Angelic Beings

In some instances, flaming fire is associated with angelic beings. Psalm 104:4 states, "He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants." This verse highlights the power and swiftness of angels, depicted as flames of fire, serving God's purposes.

Symbol of Divine Protection

Flaming fire also serves as a symbol of divine protection. In Exodus 13:21, during the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, "By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night." The pillar of fire provided guidance and protection, demonstrating God's continual presence with His people.

In summary, the concept of "flaming" in the Bible is rich with meaning, encompassing God's holy presence, His righteous judgment, the purification of His people, and the power of His angelic servants. The imagery of flames serves as a powerful reminder of God's majesty, justice, and care for His creation.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flame.

2. (a.) Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

3. (a.) of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.

4. (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclamation or harangue.

Greek

4448. puroo -- to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.)
... Word Origin from pur Definition to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.) NASB Word Usage
burn (1), burning (1), flaming (1), intense concern (1), made to glow (1 ...
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5395. phlox -- a flame
... Definition: a flame. Word Origin from phlego (to burn) Definition a flame NASB
Word Usage flame (6), flaming (1). flame. From a primary ...
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4447. purinos -- fiery
... Word Origin from pur Definition fiery NASB Word Usage fire (1). fiery. From pura;
fiery, ie (by implication) flaming -- of fire. see GREEK pura. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

784. esh -- a fire
... Definition a fire NASB Word Usage blazing (1), burned* (1), burning (1), burning
coals (1), fiery (1), fire (362), fires (2), flame (1), flaming (3), flashing ...
/hebrew/784.htm - 6k

3857. lahat -- to blaze up, flame
... root Definition to blaze up, flame NASB Word Usage aflame (1), breathe forth fire
(1), burned (1), burns (2), consumed (1), flaming (1), kindles (1), set him ...
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3858. lahat -- a flame
... 3857, 3858. lahat. 3858a . a flame. Transliteration: lahat Phonetic Spelling:
(lah'-hat) Short Definition: flaming. flaming, enchantment ...
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7957. shalhebeth -- flame
... flaming flame. From the same as lahab with sibilant prefix; a flare of fire --
(flaming) flame. see HEBREW lahab. 7956, 7957. shalhebeth. 7958 . ...
/hebrew/7957.htm - 6k

3852. lehabah -- flame, blade
... of lahab Definition flame, blade NASB Word Usage blazing (1), blazing flame (1),
flame (12), flames (1), flaming (4), head (1). flaming, head of a spear. ...
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3858a. lahat -- a flame
... lahat. 3858b . a flame. Transliteration: lahat Short Definition: flaming. Word
Origin from lahat Definition a flame NASB Word Usage flaming (1). 3858, 3858a ...
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7565. resheph -- flame
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition flame NASB Word Usage bolts of lightning
(1), flaming (1), flashes (2), plague (2), sparks* (1). ...
/hebrew/7565.htm - 6k

Library

The Return of Christ to the Earth Itself.
... Yes, "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/7 the return of christ.htm

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians an Absurd Erasure of ...
... and to ourselves, who are afflicted, rest, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
as coming from heaven with the angels of His might and in flaming fire." [5922 ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xvi the second epistle to.htm

Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon.
... This, he says, is "the flaming sword, which turned to guard the way of the tree
of life." [638] For the blood is converted into seed and milk, and this power ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xii fire a primal principle.htm

How one in the Province of the Northumbrians, Rose from the Dead ...
... In the meantime, some of the dark spirits ascended from that flaming abyss, and
running forward, beset me on all sides, and with their flaming eyes and the ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xii how one in.htm

The Consuming Fire.
... He puts on a face. He will not speak out of flaming fire if that flaming fire is
alien to him, if there is nothing in him for that flaming fire to reveal. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the consuming fire.htm

Saint George Kills the Enchanter Osmond.
... in his pain and terror; the very earth trembled, his mouth smoked like a fiery furnace,
and his eyes rolled in his head like brands of flaming fire: but the ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter thirteen saint george kills.htm

Concerning the Energies in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
... Take the case of the flaming sword; just as in it the natures of the fire and the
steel are preserved distinct [2148] , so also are their two energies and ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xv concerning the energies in.htm

The University of Arabia.
... With the near flaming footlights shut out, He could see clearly the quiet upper
lights, His sure guides. These forty days gave Him the true perspective. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the university of arabia.htm

Psalm CIV.
... 3. "Who maketh spirits His angels, and flaming fire His ministers" (ver.4): that
is, those who are already spirits, who are spiritual, not carnal, He maketh ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm civ.htm

Let us Notice Now what Follows, Where, Expressing in a Single Word ...
... let him turn his attention not merely to each one of them (in general), but to this
in particular, "He placed the cherubim, and the flaming sword, which turned ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlix let us notice.htm

Thesaurus

Flaming (40 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as,
a flaming proclamation or harangue. ...Flaming (40 Occurrences). ...
/f/flaming.htm - 19k

Blazing (27 Occurrences)
... 1:7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, Paul's Second ...
/b/blazing.htm - 14k

Arrows (59 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:16 And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming
arrows of the Evil One. (BBE NAS NIV). ... He makes ready his flaming arrows. ...
/a/arrows.htm - 25k

Torch (6 Occurrences)
... Genesis 15:17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold,
a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. ...
/t/torch.htm - 9k

Torches (18 Occurrences)
... Daniel 10:6 his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of
lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like ...
/t/torches.htm - 12k

Cords (80 Occurrences)
... Daniel 3:20 And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire ...
/c/cords.htm - 30k

Flank (3 Occurrences)

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Bands (130 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY WBS). Judges 7:16 Then separating the three hundred men into three bands,
he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch. (BBE). ...
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Pentecost (3 Occurrences)
... Sinai (Ad Tabiol, section 7): "There is Sinai, here Sion; there the trembling mountain,
here the trembling house; there the flaming mountain, here the flaming...
/p/pentecost.htm - 21k

Worshipping (49 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV BBE). Daniel 3:6 And anyone not falling down and worshipping will
that same hour be put into a burning and flaming fire. (BBE). ...
/w/worshipping.htm - 22k

Resources

What is the shield of faith (Ephesians 6:16)? | GotQuestions.org

Why did God have the cherubim guard just the east side of Eden (Genesis 3:24)? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that God is the Ancient of Days? | GotQuestions.org

Flaming: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Flaming (40 Occurrences)

Ephesians 6:16
And besides all these take the great shield of faith, on which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Wicked one;
(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, Paul's Second Letter to Timothy
(WEB ASV NAS RSV)

2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
(KJV JPS BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:17
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 28:22
The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 32:22
For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 33:2
He said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
(See RSV)

Judges 7:16
Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.
(BBE)

Judges 7:20
So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.
(BBE)

Job 38:25
By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
(BBE)

Job 41:19
Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape.
(See RSV)

Psalms 7:13
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 21:9
You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
(BBE)

Psalms 76:3
There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
(WEB NAS)

Psalms 77:18
The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.
(BBE)

Psalms 104:4
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
(KJV JPS WBS YLT NAS)

Psalms 105:32
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Proverbs 26:18
As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
(BBE)

Isaiah 4:5
Yahweh 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 will be a canopy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.
(YLT)

Isaiah 50:11
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves with firebrands, begone in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of My hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
(See NIV)

Lamentations 2:3
He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 20:47
and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Daniel 3:6
And anyone not falling down and worshipping will that same hour be put into a burning and flaming fire.
(BBE)

Daniel 3:11
And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put into a burning and flaming fire.
(BBE)

Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?
(BBE)

Daniel 3:17
If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe.
(BBE)

Daniel 3:20
And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire.
(BBE)

Daniel 3:21
Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing, and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire.
(BBE)

Daniel 3:23
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming fire.
(BBE)

Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning and flaming fire: he made answer and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the fire.
(BBE)

Daniel 7:9
I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow 'is' white, and the hair of his head 'is' as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.
(See NIV)

Daniel 10:6
his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 2:3
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
(KJV WBS)

Nahum 2:4
The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 12:6
In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

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