Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  4000 Creation  »  4300 Metals and minerals  »  4318 coal

Carbonised vegetable material of wood, woody matter or charcoal, used for burning.

Coal used to burn incense

Leviticus 16:12-13 See also Numbers 16:16-18,35-38

Coal burned in the Most Holy Place

Isaiah 6:4-7

Coal used for baking and cooking

1 Kings 19:6 See also Isaiah 44:19; Ezekiel 24:9-11; John 21:9

Coal used for domestic fires

Isaiah 47:14 See also Isaiah 30:12-14

Coal used by blacksmiths

Isaiah 44:12 See also Isaiah 54:16

Burning coal associated with divine punishment

Psalm 11:6 See also Psalm 120:3-4; Psalm 140:9-10

Burning coal in descriptions of God

In poetic passages

2 Samuel 22:8-9 pp Psalm 18:7-8

In visions

Ezekiel 1:4-14 See also Ezekiel 10:1-2

Metaphorical use of coal

2 Samuel 14:7 See also Proverbs 6:27-29; Proverbs 25:21-22; Romans 12:17-21

See also

4306  minerals
4345  metalworkers
4826  fire
4829  heat
4833  light
5222  baking
5268  cooking
5482  punishment
7308  Atonement, Day of
7386  incense