בַּרְזֶל
barzel · H1270 · Hebrew · 76 occurrences
Thing
- Axe, adzeIron tools15 verses
Meanings
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iron
A strong, hard magnetic silvery-grey metal, used in construction and manufacturing; associated with strength and permanence
ExamplesGenesis 4:22 As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Leviticus 26:19 ‘I will also break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits, and its width four cubits by the usual cubit.)
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשׁוֹתwrought iron 1
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּרְזֶלiron 2
- כִּכָּרtalent, plain, loaf 1
- שֶׁקֶלshekel 1
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- חָדַדto sharpen 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- נָפַלto fall 1
- נָשַׁלto drive out, to take off 1
- קָהָהto be blunt? 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- נוּףto wave 2
- חָשַׁבto think about 1
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- צוּףto flow 1
- רָעַעto do evil, to act wickedly, to do harm 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- מִנְעָלbar 1
- אֶבֶןstone 1
- הֶםtheir 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 9
- לto/for 3
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 2
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
39 occurrences in 24 groups
- רֶכֶבchariot, chariots 5
- כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 4
- כּוּרsmelting furnace 3
- Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 3 words
- σίδηρος sídēros · G4604 · iron
- Greek σίδηρος renders Hebrew בַּרְזֶל as the direct lexical equivalent for 'iron' across material/metallurgical contexts in LXX translation practice.
- σιδήρεος sidḗreos · G4603 · made of iron
- Greek adjectival form describing objects made of the material denoted by the Hebrew noun; direct material-reference equivalence across part-of-speech boundary (Hebrew substantive 'iron' → Greek attributive 'made of iron').
- פַּרְזֶל parzel · H6523 · iron
- פַּרְזֶל (parzel, H6523) is the Aramaic cognate of Hebrew בַּרְזֶל (barzel, H1270), both denoting iron as a material; the lexemes share the same Semitic root and semantic range across the sister languages.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Metals001002005008
- בַּרְזֶל denotes iron, as in Genesis 4:22's description of Tubal-cain as "the forger of all implements of bronze and iron" (בַרְזֶל), naming the metal worked by early craftsmen.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1270. barzel בַּרְזֶל noun masculineDeu 19:5 iron (with ל afform.; from piercing ? Late…
בַּרְזֶל noun masculineDeu 19:5 iron (with ל afform.; from piercing ? Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., מַּדְזֶל, , Phoenician ברזל, Assyrian parzillu COTGloss, (Arabic fetter is loan-word)) — always absolute ׳ב Gen 4:22 74t. (בַּרְזֶל֑ Gen 4:22 etc.); —
1 iron, literally:
a. iron-ore, stone containing iron, Deu 8:9; Job 28:2;
b. as raw material (to be worked) Gen 4:22; 1Ch 22:3, 1Ch 22:14, 1Ch 22:16; 1Ch 29:2 (twice in verse); 1Ch 29:7; 2Ch 2:6; 2Ch 2:13; 2Ch 24:12; Isa 44:12;
c. as article of commerce Eze 27:12, Eze 27:19;
d. as material of furniture, utensils, implements, etc., ב ׳עֶרֶשׂ Deu 3:11, ב ׳רֶכֶב Jos 17:16, Jos 17:18; Jdg 1:19; Jdg 4:3, Jdg 4:13, ב ׳כְּלֵי Jos 6:19, Jos 6:24 compare 1Ki 6:7; Num 35:16, ׳עֵטבֿ Job 19:24 & figurative Jer 17:1, הַבּ ׳חֲרִצֵי 2Sa 12:31= 1Ch 20:3, הַבּ ׳מַגְזְרוֺת 2Sa 12:31 cutting instrument of iron, see Amo 1:3, ב ׳כַּבְלֵי Psa 149:8 (|| זִקִּיִם), ב ׳נֵשֶׁק Job 20:24, ב ׳קַרְנֵי 1Ki 22:11 2Ch 18:10, ב ׳קִיר & ב ׳מַחֲבַת Eze 4:3; ב ׳בְּרִיחֵי, i.e. of Babylon, ag. Cyrus Isa 45:2; compare 1Sa 17:7 & Isa 60:17 (twice in verse) (figurative)
2 tool of iron Deu 27:5; Jos 8:31; Pro 27:17 (twice in verse); Ecc 10:10; Isa 10:34 (metaphor); head of an axe Deu 19:5; 2Ki 6:5-6, so weapon 2Sa 23:7; Job 41:19; compare also Num 31:22; Jos 22:8 where iron as spoil of war.
3 iron in figure of unwatered earth Deu 28:23; of Egyptian bondage, הַבּ ׳כּוּר Deu 4:20; 1Ki 8:51; Jer 11:4; of oppression ב ׳עֹל Deu 28:48; Jer 28:14 compare Jer 28:13; of strength Jer 15:12 (twice in verse); compare ׳ב מִנְעָלֶיךָ Deu 33:25 & Mic 4:13 ב ׳קֶרֶן; of prophet, firm through Yahweh's might, ׳ב עַמּוּד Jer 1:18; of distress, ב ׳בְּרִיחֵי Psa 107:16 compare Psa 107:10 of judgments of ׳י, & Psa 105:18; ב ׳שֵׁבֶט Psa 2:9; of evil-doers, Jer 6:28; Eze 22:18, Eze 22:20; simile of scorching sky Lev 26:19; ב ׳מְטִיל of bones of hippopotamus Job 40:18; ב ׳גִּיד of obstinate neck of Israel Isa 48:4.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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