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Nitre

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(Proverbs 25:20; RSV marg., "soda"), properly "natron," a substance so called because, rising from the bottom of the Lake Natron in Egypt, it becomes dry and hard in the sun, and is the soda which effervesces when vinegar is poured on it. It is a carbonate of soda, not saltpetre, which the word generally denotes (Jeremiah 2:22; RSV "lye").

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Nitre'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​n/nitre.html. 1897.
 
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