Lexical Definition

‎עָשָׁן‎ ʻâshân (aw-shawn') smoke ^H:N-M
from ‎עָשַׁן‎

smoke(-ing).

• smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)

1) smoke
1a) smoke
1b) in metaphor, simile
1c) smoke (fig.)

See Greek: ἀτμίς · καπνός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עָשָׁן‎ noun masculine^{Exod 19:16} smoke; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 20:38 +, construct ‎עֲשַׁן‎ Josh 8:20; Josh 8:21, ‎עֶ֫שֶׁן‎ Exod 19:18 suffix ‎עֲשָׁנוֺ‎ Exod 19:18, ‎עֲשָׁנָהּ‎ Isa 34:10 —

1. a. of burning city Josh 8:20; Josh 8:21; Judg 20:40, compare Nah 2:14* heralding a foe Isa 14:31.
b. in figurative of destruction of Israel Isa 9:17*, Edom Isa 34:10.
c. simile of dust-cloud Song 3:6 of transitoriness Hos 13:3; Isa 51:6; Ps 37:20 (reading ‎׳‎‎כֶּע‎, as ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9), Ps 68:3*; Ps 102:4* simile of the unpleasant, Prov 10:26.
d. breath of crocodile Job 41:12*.

2. a. attending theoph., ‎׳‎‎תַּנּוּר ע‎ Gen 15:17 of mountain Exod 19:18, compare simile ‎הַכִּבְשָׁן‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּע‎ vExod 19:18; Isa 6:4, also Isa 4:5; Joel 3:3*.
b. of God's anger, ‎בְּאַפּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Sam 22:9 = Ps 18:9* so probably also Isa 65:5.

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