Meaning of “furnace”

1. Furnace — (1.) Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in (Dan. 3:22, 23; comp. Jer. 29:22). This furnace would be in constant requisition, for the Babylonians disposed of their dead by cremation, as did also the Accadians who invaded Mesopotamia. (2.) Heb. kibshan, a smelting furnace (Gen. 19:28), also a lime-kiln (Isa. 33:12; Amos 2:1). (3.) Heb. kur, a refining furnace (Prov. 17:3; 27:21; Ezek. 22:18). (4.) Heb. alil, a crucible; only used in Ps. 12:6. (5.) Heb. tannur, oven for baking bread (Gen. 15:17; Isa. 31:9; Neh. 3:11). It was a large pot, narrowing towards the top. When it was heated by a fire made within, the dough was spread over the heated surface, and thus was baked. "A smoking furnace and a burning lamp" (Gen. 15:17), the symbol of the presence of the Almighty, passed between the divided pieces of Abraham's sacrifice in ratification of the covenant God made with him. (See OVEN »T0002814.) (6.) Gr. kamnos, a furnace, kiln, or oven (Matt. 13:42, 50; Rev. 1:15; 9:2).

2. Tower of the furnaces — (Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was probably so named from its contiguity to the "bakers' street" (Jer. 37:21).

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1. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 17 — And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

2. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 28 — And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

3. Exodus Chapter 9 Verse 10 — And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

4. Exodus Chapter 9 Verse 8 — And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

5. Exodus Chapter 19 Verse 18 — And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

6. Deuteronomy Chapter 4 Verse 20 — But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

7. 1 Kings Chapter 8 Verse 51 — For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

8. Nehemiah Chapter 3 Verse 11 — Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

9. Nehemiah Chapter 12 Verse 38 — And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

10. Psalms Chapter 12 Verse 6 — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

11. Proverbs Chapter 17 Verse 3 — The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

12. Proverbs Chapter 27 Verse 21 — As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

13. Isaiah Chapter 31 Verse 9 — And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

14. Isaiah Chapter 48 Verse 10 — Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

15. Jeremiah Chapter 11 Verse 4 — Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

16. Ezekiel Chapter 22 Verse 22 — As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

17. Ezekiel Chapter 22 Verse 20 — As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

18. Ezekiel Chapter 22 Verse 18 — Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

19. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

20. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

21. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 22 — Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

22. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 21 — Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

23. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 20 — And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

24. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

25. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

26. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

27. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 11 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

28. Daniel Chapter 3 Verse 6 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

29. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 50 — And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

30. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 42 — And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

31. Revelation Chapter 1 Verse 15 — And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

32. Revelation Chapter 9 Verse 2 — And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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