# fire

## Related Ideas:

blazing, fiery, firebrands, inflame, kindle

## Definition:

Fire is the heat, light, and flames that are produced when something is burned.

* A fire that is "blazing" is very hot and has large flames.
* A "fire brand" is a piece of burning wood.
* To "set on fire" or "set fire to" something is to make it start burning with fire.
* To "inflame" something is to make it start burning.
* To "kindle" a fire is to start that fire burning.
* The final judgment of unbelievers is in the fire of hell.

The word "fire" and ideas related to fire are also used figuratively.
* The term "fire" can refer to judgment or purification.
* The phrase "baptize with fire" could also be translated as "cause to experience suffering in order to be purified."
* Fire is used to refine gold and other metals. In the Bible, this process is used to explain how God refines people through difficult things that happen in their lives.

(See also: [pure](../kt/purify.md))

## Picture of Fire:

<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/f/Fire_fc.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/f/Fire_fc.png" ></a>

## Bible References:

* [1 Kings 16:18-20](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/16/18)
* [2 Kings 01:10](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/01/10)
* [2 Thessalonians 01:08](rc://en/tn/help/2th/01/08)
* [Acts 07:29-30](rc://en/tn/help/act/07/29)
* [John 15:06](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/15/06)
* [Luke 03:16](rc://en/tn/help/luk/03/16)
* [Matthew 03:12](rc://en/tn/help/mat/03/12)
* [Nehemiah 01:3](rc://en/tn/help/neh/01/3)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H217, H398, H784, H800, H801, H1197, H1200, H1513, H1814, H2734, H2740, H3341, H3857, H4168, H5135, H6315, G439, G440, G1067, G2741, G2618, G4442, G4443, G4447, G4448, G4451, G5394, G5457

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

blazing, fiery, fire, firebrands, fires, flaming, kindle, kindled, kindles, set fire to, set ... on fire, sets ... on fire


