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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 gave birth to Tubal-cain, the smith (craftsman) and teacher of every artisan in instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - ‘I will break your pride in your power, and I will make your sky like iron [giving no rain and blocking all prayers] and your ground like bronze [hard to plow and yielding no produce].

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 -

‘But if he struck [fn]his victim down [intentionally] with an iron object so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the [giants known as the] Rephaim. Behold, his bed frame was a bed frame of iron; is it not in [fn]Rabbah of the Ammonites? It was nine cubits (12 ft.) long and four cubits (6 ft.) wide, using the cubit of a man [the forearm to the end of the middle finger].)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:20 - “But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron [smelting] furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as [you are] this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as [for example] when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, but the iron head slips off the wooden handle and hits his companion and he dies—the offender may escape to one of these cities and live;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - “There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - “The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze [giving no rain and blocking all prayers], and the earth which is under you, iron [hard to plow and yielding no produce].

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - you will therefore serve your enemies whom the LORD sends against you, in hunger and in thirst, in nakedness and in lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke [of slavery] on your neck until He has destroyed you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 -

“Your strongholds will be iron and bronze,

And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - “All the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy (consecrated) to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - Then they completely burned the city and everything that was in it. They put only the silver and the gold, and the articles of bronze and of iron, into the treasury of the house (tabernacle) of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:31 - just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones on which no one has wielded an iron tool; and they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and though they are strong.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - and he said to them, “Return to your tents with great riches and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers (fellow tribesmen).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:19 - The LORD was with Judah, and [the tribe of] Judah took possession of the hill country, but they could not dispossess and drive out those inhabiting the valley because they had iron chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - Sisera called together all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The [wooden] shaft of his spear was like a [fn]weaver’s beam; the blade-head of his spear weighed [fn]six hundred shekels of iron. And a [fn]shield-bearer walked in front of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also brought out the people who were there, and put them to [work with] the saws and sharp iron instruments and iron axes, and made them work at the brickkiln. And he did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the men returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 -

But the man who touches them

Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,

And they are utterly burned and consumed by fire in their place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:7 -

While it was being built, the house was built of stone prepared and finished (precut) at the quarry, and no hammer, axe, or iron tool of any kind was heard in the house while it was under construction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:51 - (for they are Your people and Your heritage, whom You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace [of slavery and oppression]),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans (Syrians) until they are destroyed.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - But it happened that as one was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - He brought out the people who were in it, and [fn]put them [to work] with saws, iron picks, and axes. David dealt in this way with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - David prepared large quantities of iron to make nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps (trusses), and more bronze than could be weighed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Now listen, [fn]with great trouble I have prepared and provided for the house of the LORD 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for they are great in quantity. I have also prepared and provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - “As for the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no limit. So arise and begin working, and may the LORD be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “So with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, silver for the things of silver, bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, as well as onyx stones and stones to be inlaid, stones of antimony (a brittle, silvery-white metal) and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - and gave for the service of the house of God: 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “Now send me a man who is skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a [fn]Danite woman and a Tyrian father. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics, and in fine linen. He is able to make any kind of engraving and to carry out any design given him. He will work with your skilled men and those of my lord, David your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:10 - Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans (Syrians) until they are destroyed.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they would hire masons and carpenters (craftsmen) and also those who worked in iron and bronze to repair and restore the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:24 -

“That with an iron stylus and [molten] lead

They were engraved in the rock forever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 -

“He may flee from the iron weapon,

But the bow of bronze will pierce him through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 -

“Iron is taken out of the earth,

And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:18 -

“His bones are tubes of bronze;

His [fn]limbs are like bars of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 -

“He considers iron as straw,

Bronze as rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 -

‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;

You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:18 -

His feet they hurt with shackles;

[fn]He was put in chains of iron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 -

Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,

Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 -

For He has shattered the gates of bronze

And cut the bars of iron apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:8 -

To bind their kings with chains

And their nobles with fetters of iron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 -

As iron sharpens iron,

So one man sharpens [and influences] another [through discussion].


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