Torch torch (lappidh; lampas; in the King James Version this word occurs only 4 times (Nahum 2:3, Nahum 2:4, Nahum 2:5); Zechariah 12:6, John 18:3). In the Revised Version (British and American) it is found 10 times (Genesis 15:17, Judges 7:16, Judges 7:20, Job 41:19); Ezekiel 1:13, Daniel 10:6, Nahum 2:4 (Hebrew 5); Zechariah 12:6, John 18:3, Revelation 8:10)): A flambeau; a large portable light.