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Strong's #1270 - בַּרְזֶל
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- iron
- iron
- iron ore
- as material of furniture, utensils, implements
- iron
- tool of iron
- harshness, strength, oppression (figuratively)
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1 iron, literally:
a. iron-ore, stone containing iron, Deuteronomy 8:9; Job 28:2;
b. as raw material (to be worked) Genesis 4:22; 1 Chronicles 22:3,14,16; 1 Chronicles 29:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 24:12; Isaiah 44:12;
c. as article of commerce Ezekiel 27:12,19;
d. as material of furniture, utensils, implements, etc., ׳עֶרֶשׂ ב Deuteronomy 3:11, ׳רֶכֶב ב Joshua 17:16,18; Judges 1:19; Judges 4:3,13, ׳כְּלֵי ב Joshua 6:19,24compare 1 Kings 6:7; Numbers 35:16, ׳עֵטבֿ Job 19:24 & figurative Jeremiah 17:1, ׳חֲרִצֵי הַבּ 2 Samuel 12:31= 1 Chronicles 20:3, ׳מַגְזְרוֺת הַבּ 2 Samuel 12:31 cutting instrument of iron, see Amos 1:3, ׳כַּבְלֵי ב Psalm 149:8 ("" זִקִּיִם), ׳נֵשֶׁק ב Job 20:24, ׳קַרְנֵי ב 1 Kings 22:11 2 Chronicles 18:10, ׳קִיר ב & ׳מַחֲבַת ב Ezekiel 4:3; ׳בְּרִיחֵי ב, i.e. of Babylon, ag. Cyrus Isaiah 45:2; compare 1 Samuel 17:7 & Isaiah 60:17 (twice in verse) (figurative)
2 tool of iron Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:31; Proverbs 27:17 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 10:10; Isaiah 10:34 (metaphor); head of an axe Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:5,6; so weapon 2 Samuel 23:7; Job 41:19; compare also Numbers 31:22; Joshua 22:8 where iron as spoil of war.
3 iron in figure of unwatered earth Deuteronomy 28:23; of Egyptian bondage, ׳כּוּר הַבּ Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Jeremiah 11:4; of oppression ׳עֹל ב Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 28:14 compare Jeremiah 28:13; of strength Jeremiah 15:12 (twice in verse); compare מִנְעָלֶיךָ׳ב Deuteronomy 33:25 & Micah 4:13 ׳קֶרֶן ב; of prophet, firm through Yahweh's might, עַמּוּד׳ב Jeremiah 1:18; of distress, ׳בְּרִיחֵי ב Psalm 107:16 compare Psalm 107:10 of judgments of ׳י, & Psalm 105:18; ׳שֵׁבֶט ב Psalm 2:9; of evil-doers, Jeremiah 6:28; Ezekiel 22:18,20; simile of scorching sky Leviticus 26:19; ׳מְטִיל ב of bones of hippopotamus Job 40:18; ׳גִּיד ב of obstinate neck of Israel Isaiah 48:4.
בַּרְזֶל m. iron, quadril. from the Ch. בְּרַו to transfix. with the addition of ל, compare כַּרְמֶל from כֶּרֶם, חַרְגַּל from חָרַג. Ch. בַּרְזֶל & פַּרְזֶל, Syr. ܦܰܪܙܠܳ. Genesis 4:22; Ezekiel 27:12, 19 Ezekiel 27:19, etc. It is often used to denote hardness and firmness, as שֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל of a hard rule, Psalms 2:9. Isaiah 48:4, גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶךָ “thy neck (is) an iron sinew,” said of the obstinacy of the people. Specially, an instrument of iron, Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:31; 2 Kings 6:5 a bond of iron, Psalms 105:18 fully כֶּבֶל בַּרְזֶל 149:8.