What does כִּבְשָׁן (kibĕšān) mean in the Bible?
כִּבְשָׁן (kibĕšān): Intense heat that refines or reduces ore; figuratively, tribulation that purifies faith and character
Hebrew · H3536
כִּבְשָׁן
A smelting furnace (as reducing metals)
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כִּבְשָׁן H3536
Pronunciation kibĕšān
What does כִּבְשָׁן (kibĕšān) mean in the Bible?
כִּבְשָׁן (kibĕšān): Intense heat that refines or reduces ore; figuratively, tribulation that purifies faith and character
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3536?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include from the furnace (2), from a furnace (1), of a furnace (1).
Where does כִּבְשָׁן (kibĕšān) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 19:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (3), Genesis (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It from the furnace 2× Exodus 9:8, Exodus 9:10
from a furnace 1× Genesis 19:28
of a furnace 1× Exodus 19:18
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 19:28 הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ to from a furnace Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:8 כִּבְשָׁ֑ן to from the furnace Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:10 הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן to from the furnace Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 19:18 הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן to of a furnace Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 19:28
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Genesis 1 Exodus 3
Source forms
הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן 1x hak·kiḇ·šān Exodus 9:10
הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן 1x hak·kiḇ·šān Exodus 19:18
הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ 1x hak·kiḇ·šān Genesis 19:28
כִּבְשָׁ֑ן 1x kiḇ·šān Exodus 9:8
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Genesis 19:28, Exodus 9:10, Exodus 19:18
Noun - masculine singular 1x Exodus 9:8
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Intense heat that refines or reduces ore; figuratively, tribulation that purifies faith and character
Source Gloss
a smelting furnace (as reducing metals)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Intense heat that refines or reduces ore; figuratively, tribulation that purifies faith and character
a smelting furnace (as reducing metals) BDB: kiln Usage: furnace.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כִּבְשָׁן is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain