בַּרְזֶל
bar.zel
“iron”
Definition
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
perhaps from the root of H1269 (בִּרְזוֹת);
- iron 1a) iron 1a1) iron ore 1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements 2) tool of iron 3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: par.zel (*פַּרְזֶל *"iron" H6523)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
בַּרְזֶל appears 67 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God.And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
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he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”
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