Ezekiel 1:13
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And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.

Ezekiel 1:7 Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.

Genesis 15:17 And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace, and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

Psalm 104:4 Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.

Daniel 10:5,6 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw: and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with the finest gold: . . .

Matthew 28:3 And his countenance was as lightning and his raiment as snow.

Revelation 4:5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Revelation 10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head: and his face, as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.

Revelation 18:1 And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory.

Context
The Four Living Creatures
12And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went. 13And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire.14And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.…
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with the angels of his power:

Revelation 4:5
And from the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Psalm 104:4
Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.

Ezekiel 10:2
And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my sight:

Daniel 7:9
I beheld till thrones were placed, and the ancient of days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool: his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire.

Lexicon
In the midst
וּדְמ֨וּת (ū·ḏə·mūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1823: Resemblance, model, shape, like

of the living creatures
הַחַיּ֜וֹת (ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

was the appearance
מַרְאֵיהֶ֣ם (mar·’ê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

of glowing
אֵ֗שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

coals
כְּגַחֲלֵי־ (kə·ḡa·ḥă·lê-)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1513: An ember

of fire,
בֹּֽעֲרוֹת֙ (bō·‘ă·rō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

[or]
כְּמַרְאֵ֣ה (kə·mar·’êh)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

of torches.
הַלַּפִּדִ֔ים (hal·lap·pi·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3940: A flambeau, lamp, flame

Fire
לָאֵ֔שׁ (lā·’êš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

moved back and forth
מִתְהַלֶּ֖כֶת (miṯ·hal·le·ḵeṯ)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

between
בֵּ֣ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the living creatures;
הַחַיּ֑וֹת (ha·ḥay·yō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

it was bright,
וְנֹ֣גַהּ (wə·nō·ḡah)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5051: Brilliancy

and lightning
בָרָֽק׃ (ḇā·rāq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1300: Lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword

flashed
יוֹצֵ֥א (yō·w·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

out of
וּמִן־ (ū·min-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

it.
הָאֵ֖שׁ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire


Additional Translations
In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: the fire went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, as the appearance of torches: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright; and out of the fire went forth lightning.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches; it went up and down among the living creatures: and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances are as coals of fire -- burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness is to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning.
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