Brand
King James Dictionary [1]
BRAND, n.
1. A burning piece of wood or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
2. A sword, either from brandishing, or from its glittering brightness now obsolete,unless in poetry.
3. A thunder-bolt.
4. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a criminal, or upon a cask a stigma any note of infamy.
BRAND, To burn or impress a mark with a hot iron as, to brand a criminal, by way of punishment or to brand a cask or any thing else, for the purpose of fixing a mark upon it.
1. To fix a mark or character of infamy, in allusion to the branding of criminals to stigmatize as infamous as, to brand a vice with infamy.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [2]
Zechariah 3:2 (a) The word represents something that is to be burned, not a seal to be placed upon an object. It refers to Joshua who, in his natural state, was fit only for the burning of hell; but by the grace of GOD was saved from that condition and position and was made a priest of GOD. This is sovereign grace. This has been the experience of every born-again Christian.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
In the double signification of an object on fire and of objects used to feed a fire. The first meaning is expressed by אוּד , 'ūdh , "a bent stick" for stirring fire ( Amos 4:11; Zechariah 3:2; compare Isaiah 7:4 ); the second by לפיד , lappı̄dh , in Judges 15:4 , Judges 15:5 . A third meaning is found in זיקה , zı̄ḳāh , indicating the brand as a spreader of fire ( Proverbs 26:18 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
in Zechariah 3:2, אוּד, ud, a wooden poker for stirring the fire, hence a burnt piece of wood or firebrand (as rendered elsewhere, Isaiah 7:4; Amos 4:11); in Judges 15:4 ( Judges 15:5 "fire-brand"), a lamp or torch, as elsewhere rendered. On the practice of brandingslaves ( Revelation 13:16), (See Mark).
