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Lexicon :: Strong's H1270 - barzel

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בַּרְזֶל
Transliteration
barzel
Pronunciation
bar-zel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת (H1269)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 283a

Strong’s Definitions

בַּרְזֶל barzel, bar-zel'; perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:—(ax) head, iron.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's H1270 in the following manner: iron (73x), (axe) head (2x), smith (with H2796) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x
The KJV translates Strong's H1270 in the following manner: iron (73x), (axe) head (2x), smith (with H2796) (1x).

  1. iron

    1. iron

      1. iron ore

      2. as material of furniture, utensils, implements

  2. tool of iron

  3. harshness, strength, oppression (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּרְזֶל barzel, bar-zel'; perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:—(ax) head, iron.
STRONGS H1270: Abbreviations
† בַּרְזֶל noun masculineDeuteronomy 19:5 iron (with ל afform.; from piercing ? Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., מַּדְזֶל, Hzrfp, Phoenician ברזל, Assyrian parzillu COTGloss, (Arabic فِرِْزلٌ fetter is loan-word)) — always absolute ב׳ Genesis 4:22 + 74 times (בַּרְזֶל֑ Genesis 4:22 etc.); —
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, 24 compare 1 Kings 6:7; Numbers 35:16, עֵט־ב׳ 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:22; 4:22; 4:22

Leviticus

26:19

Numbers

31:22; 35:16

Deuteronomy

3:11; 4:20; 8:9; 19:5; 19:5; 27:5; 28:23; 28:48; 33:25

Joshua

6:19; 6:24; 8:31; 17:16; 17:18; 22:8

Judges

1:19; 4:3; 4:13

1 Samuel

17:7

2 Samuel

12:31; 12:31; 23:7

1 Kings

6:7; 8:51; 22:11

2 Kings

6:5; 6:6

1 Chronicles

20:3; 22:3; 22:14; 22:16; 29:2; 29:7

2 Chronicles

2:6; 2:13; 18:10; 24:12

Job

19:24; 20:24; 28:2; 40:18; 41:19

Psalms

2:9; 105:18; 107:10; 107:16; 149:8

Proverbs

27:17

Ecclesiastes

10:10

Isaiah

10:34; 44:12; 45:2; 48:4; 60:17

Jeremiah

1:18; 6:28; 11:4; 15:12; 17:1; 28:13; 28:14

Ezekiel

4:3; 22:18; 22:20; 27:12; 27:19

Amos

1:3

Micah

4:13

H1270

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1270 matches the Hebrew בַּרְזֶל (barzel),
which occurs 76 times in 70 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:22–Pro 27:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of[fn] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - “ ‘If anyone strikes someone a fatal blow with an iron object, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn] It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:20 - But as for you, the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze, and your strength will equal your days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:31 - as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered to the LORD burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing—and divide the plunder from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:19 - The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[fn] His shield bearer went ahead of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.[fn] David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:7 - In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:51 - for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns and he declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents[fn] of gold, a million talents[fn] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the LORD be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,[fn] stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents[fn] and ten thousand darics[fn] of gold, ten thousand talents[fn] of silver, eighteen thousand talents[fn] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents[fn] of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers, whom my father David provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - whose mother was from Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of my lord, David your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:10 - Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns, and he declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the LORD. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the LORD’s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:24 - that they were inscribed with an iron tool on[fn] lead, or engraved in rock forever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 - Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:18 - Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 - Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - You will break them with a rod of iron[fn]; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:18 - They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 - for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:8 - to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

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