STRONGS NUMBER H2152


Word Summary
zalaphah: raging heat
Original Word: זַלְעָפָה
Transliteration: zalaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (zal-aw-faw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: raging heat
Meaning: a glow, a famine
Strong's Concordance
horrible, horror, terrible

Or ziliaphaph {zil-aw-faw'}; from za'aph; a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming) -- horrible, horror, terrible.

see HEBREW za'aph

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2152. zalaphah

זַלְעָפָהnoun feminine raging heat (on formation compare GesLbg 863 Ol§ 196 a. 1. 2) — ׳זPsalm 119:53; plural absolute זִלְעָפוֺת11:6; construct זִלְעֲפוֺתLamentations 5:10; —

1 of fever heat of famine ׳ז רָעָבLamentations 5:10.

2 of burning wind ז ׳רוּחPsalm 11:6 (in figurative of ׳י‎s judgment, with גָּפְרִית אֵשׁ,‎).

3 figurative of zeal ׳ז אֲחָזַתְנִיPsalm 119:53.