37 occurrences in 7 translations

'Ablaze' in the Bible

The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked -- and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAngel of the LordMetaphysicsFireTheophanyGod's Glory RevealedGod, Presence OfGod AppearingNot Destroyed

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he had the two tablets in his hand, and he did not know that the skin of his face was ablaze with light because he had been speaking with God.

Verse ConceptsMetamorphosisecstasyMoses, Significance OfAurasMan Going DownLight Of God's PeopleTwo Stone TabletsIgnorant Of Facts

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

Verse ConceptsFire Emanating From GodHearing God's Voice

The moment he stretched out his hand, those in the ambush stood up quickly from their place and ran. And they went [into] the city and captured it, quickly setting the city ablaze with fire.

Verse ConceptsSpearsGroups RunningBurning Cities

So the whole army cut down each one branch for himself and followed Abimelech, and they put [them] against the vault and set the vault ablaze with fire on those [inside], so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleBurning CitiesKilling Within IsraelPrivate Rooms

When he had set the torches ablaze, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned up the heap of sheaves and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and olive groves.

Verse ConceptsFireArsonbranding

So he said to his servants, "Look at the tract of land of Joab {next to mine}, for he has barley plants there. Go, set it ablaze with fire." So the servants of Absalom set the tract of land ablaze with fire.

Verse ConceptsGrainArsonBurning Plants

Then Joab got up and went to Absalom, to the house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my tract of land ablaze with fire?"

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?

Smoke rose from His nostrils,and consuming fire came from His mouth;coals were set ablaze by it.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodNosesSmokeFire Emanating From Godsmoking

His breath sets coals ablaze,and flames pour out of his mouth.

Verse Conceptsbreathingsmokingbreath

Smoke rose from His nostrils,and consuming fire came from His mouth;coals were set ablaze by it.

Verse ConceptsNosesSmokeNostrilsFire Emanating From Godsmoking

When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesWicked Described AsBurning PeopleGod Will Be Angry

Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed

Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze.

Verse ConceptsBurning PlantsHarming Treesfirefighters

Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze.

Verse ConceptsBurning People

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

Therefore the curse keeps on consuming, and its inhabitants are declared guilty. Furthermore, the inhabitants of earth are ablaze, and few people are left.

Verse ConceptsFew PeopleGod CursingGuiltThe Earth

For the Fire Pit has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready. And its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the LORD will set it ablaze.

Verse ConceptsPitsTheophanyBrimstonePreparation For BurialSulphurA Place Prepared

And the nations will be burned as if to ashes; like cut thorn bushes, they will be set ablaze.

Verse ConceptsThorns

Look! All those who light a fire, who surround yourselves with flaming torches walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have set ablaze! This is what you will receive from my hand: you will lie down in torment.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinThe Ungodly Sufferingfate

just as fire sets twigs ablaze and the fire causes water to boil to make known your name to your enemies, yes, to your enemies before you, so that the nations might quake at your presence!

Verse ConceptsTrembling

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;they sit in their strongholds.Their might is exhausted;they have become like women.Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,her gate bars are shattered.

Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

"?"And the inhabitants of the towns of Israel will go out, and they will set ablaze, and they will kindle a fire with a weapon and a small shield and a shield, [with] a bow and with arrows, and with {hand clubs} and with spears, and [so] they will light a fire with them, {a fire lasting seven years}.

Verse ConceptsShieldsJavelinsSeven Years

To you, LORD, I cry out, because fire has devoured the open pastures, and has set all the cultivated trees ablaze.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodBurning PlantsHarming TreesI Pray

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased

“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!

Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristHow Disciples LearnRoadsHeart, Affections OfInward FireChrist And The Scripturesgirlfriends

and in the same way also the men turned away from the natural function of the woman and were consumed with their desire toward one another, men with men committing shameful acts and in return receiving in their own bodies the inevitable and appropriate penalty for their wrongdoing.

Verse ConceptsBad PeopleIndecencyRetributionPunishment, According To DeedsSodomyRelationship Of Men And WomenErrorgayssexPassionRelationships And DatingBeing GayMan And WomanFalling Away From God

For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,

Verse ConceptsBlacknessTouching Holy ThingsGod Appearing In Firesmoking

The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. So a third of the sea became blood,

Verse ConceptsOne ThirdTurned To BloodBad WaterSeven TrumpetsSecond BeingTrumpet Judgments

Bible Theasaurus

Ablaze (37 instances)
Afire (9 instances)
Aflame (10 instances)
Alight (4 instances)
Aroused (34 instances)
Fiery (69 instances)
Inflamed (10 instances)
Reddened (1 instance)

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