כִּבְשָׁןkibshân
kiln, for lime or pottery (Genesis 19:28; Exodus 19:18; Exodus 9:8; Exodus 9:10)
Pronunciation: kib-shawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3536
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 19:28 He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.
- Exodus 9:8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss it into the air while Pharaoh watches.
- Exodus 9:10 So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.
- Exodus 19:18 All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).