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.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; - also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.
(2):
(v. t.) An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
(3):
(v. t.) A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
(4):
(v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
(5):
(v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
(6):
(v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
(7):
(v. t.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
(8):
(v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).
(9):
(v. t.) To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
(10):
(v. t.) To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
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).
