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Lexicon :: Strong's H1253 - bōr

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בֹּר
Transliteration
bōr
Pronunciation
bore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as בֹּר (H1252)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 288c

Strong’s Definitions

בֹּר bôr, bore; the same as H1252; vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap for washing, or a flux for metals:—× never so, purely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H1253 in the following manner: purely (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H1253 in the following manner: purely (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֹּר bôr, bore; the same as H1252; vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap for washing, or a flux for metals:—× never so, purely.
STRONGS H1253: Abbreviations
† I. בֹּר noun masculine lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metals Isaiah 1:25 **read probably כַּכֻּר as in a furnace (Isa 48:10); there seems no evidence that 'lye' (i.e. water mixed with the burnt ashes of plants containing potash, used formerly for washing) was ever used in refining gold or silver: compare J. NapierAnc. Workers in Metal {1856}, 15, 20, 25 WAM in SmithDB ii. 368; Amer. Rev. Ed. (1871, vol, iii), 1939. (see H1287 בֹּרִית).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

1:25; 48:10

H1253

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1253 matches the Hebrew בֹּר (bōr),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 -

“If I should wash myself with snow

And cleanse my hands with lye H1253,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 -

“I will also turn My hand against you,

And will smelt away your dross as with lye H1253

And will remove all your alloy.

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