Definition

fire

Etymology

(Aramaic) from an unused root (corresponding to that of H5216 (נִיר)) meaning to shine;

Word family

• נִיר nîyr

How the KJV renders it

• fiery
• fire

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.