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Lexicon :: Strong's H5777 - ʿōp̄ereṯ

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עֹפֶרֶת
Transliteration
ʿōp̄ereṯ
Pronunciation
o-feh'-reth
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Fem part act of עָפַר (H6080)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1665b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עפרת (Strongs and Gesenius) עופרת (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עוֹפֶרֶת ʻôwphereth, o-feh'-reth; or עֹפֶרֶת ʻôphereth; feminine participle active of H6080; lead (from its dusty color):—lead.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5777 in the following manner: lead (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5777 in the following manner: lead (9x).

  1. lead

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עוֹפֶרֶת ʻôwphereth, o-feh'-reth; or עֹפֶרֶת ʻôphereth; feminine participle active of H6080; lead (from its dusty color):—lead.
STRONGS H5777: Abbreviations
† עֹפֶרֶת noun masculineJeremiah 6:29 (si vera lectio Qr) lead (√ dubious; probably foreign word; compare Targum אֲבָרָא lead, Syriac bdb078002, and (asAramaic loan-word) Arabic bdb078003 [see Dozy], Frä152; perhaps also Assyrian abaru, a metal, magnesite according to HilprAssyriaca i (1894), 80 ff. Hptib. 83); — כִּכַּר ע׳ Zechariah 5:7 a round weight (disc) of lead, אֶבֶןהָֿעו׳ Zechariah 5:5; with other metals (see בְּדִיל) : עוֺ׳ Ezekiel 22:18, 20; Ezekiel 27:12 הָעֹפָ֑רֶת Numbers 31:22 (P); עֹפ׳ also Job 19:24 (with which chiselled letters are filled according to Di and most; Bu reads בְּע׳ in [a tablet of] lead); also (as flux) Jeremiah 6:29 (reading Qr; so Gf Co; emendation Gie); עוֺ׳ in simile Exodus 15:10 (song).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:10

Numbers

31:22

Job

19:24

Jeremiah

6:29; 6:29

Ezekiel

22:18; 22:20; 27:12

Zechariah

5:5; 5:7

H5777

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5777 matches the Hebrew עֹפֶרֶת (ʿōp̄ereṯ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:10 - But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:22

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

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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 Jer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:18 - “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:12 - “ ‘Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.
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