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is the occasional rendering in the A.V. of ìִôַּéã , lappid (Zec_12:6), which usually signifies (and is translated) a lamp; and so ëáìðÜò (Joh_18:3). In Nah_2:3 [Hebrews 4] it represents
ôְּìָãָä ,peladdh, which rather signifies iron. SEE STEEL. The distinction in the East between a torch and a lantern (q.v.) is not very marked as both are often but forms of flambeaus. SEE LAMP. A flaming torch is sometimes quoted by the prophets as the symbol of great anger and destruction (Zec_12:6). So also Isaiah (Isa_7:4) compares Rezin, king of Syria, and the king of Israel, two bitter enemies to Ahaz, king of Judah, to “two tails of smoking firebrands.” SEE FIREBRAND.