Definition

combustion, i.e. cremation (of a corpse), or calcination (of lime)

Etymology

from H8313 (שָׂרַף);

Word family

• שָׂרַף sâraph

How the KJV renders it

• burning

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.