Lexical Definition

‎בַּרְזֶל‎ barzel (bar-zel') iron ^H:N-M
perhaps from the root of ‎בִּרְזוֹת‎

(ax) head, iron.

• iron (as cutting)
• by extension, an iron implement

1) iron
1a) iron
1a1) iron ore
1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements
2) tool of iron
3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.)

See Greek: μάχαιρα · σιδήρεος · σίδηρος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בַּרְזֶל‎ noun masculine^{Deut 19:5} iron (with ‎ל‎ afform.; from piercing ? Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., ‎פַּדְזֶל‎, , Phoenician ‎ברזל‎, Assyrian parzillu COT^Gloss, (Arabic fetter is loan-word)) — always absolute ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Gen 4:22 + 74 t. (‎בַּרְזֶל֑‎ Gen 4:22 etc.); —

1. iron, literally:
a. iron-ore, stone containing iron, Deut 8:9; Job 28:2
b. as raw material (to be worked) Gen 4:22; 1Chr 22:3; 1Chr 22:14; 1Chr 22:16; 1Chr 29:2 (twice in verse); 1Chr 29:7; 2Chr 2:6*; 2Chr 2:13*; 2Chr 24:12;
c. as article of commerce Ezek 27:12; Ezek 27:19
d. as material of furniture, utensils, implements, etc., ‎׳‎‎עֶרֶשׂ ב‎ Deut 3:11, ‎׳‎‎רֶכֶב ב‎ Josh 17:16; Josh 17:18; Judg 1:19; Judg 4:3; Judg 4:13, ‎׳‎‎כְּלֵי ב‎ Josh 6:19; Josh 6:24 compare 1Kgs 6:7; Num 35:16, ‎׳‎‎עֵטבֿ‎ Job 19:24 & figurative Jer 17:1, ‎׳‎‎חֲרִצֵי הַבּ‎ 2Sam 12:31= 1Chr 20:3, ‎׳‎‎מַגְזְרוֺת הַבּ‎ 2Sam 12:31 cutting instrument of iron, see Amos 1:3, ‎׳‎‎כַּבְלֵי ב‎ Ps 149:8 (|| ‎זִקִּיִם‎), ‎׳‎‎נֵשֶׁק ב‎ Job 20:24, ‎׳‎‎קַרְנֵי ב‎ 1Kgs 22:11 = 2Chr 18:10, ‎׳‎‎קִיר ב‎ & ‎׳‎‎מַחֲבַת ב‎ Ezek 4:3 ‎׳‎‎בְּרִיחֵי ב‎, i.e. of Babylon, ag. Cyrus Isa 45:2 compare 1Sam 17:7 & Isa 60:17 (twice in verse) (figurative)

2. tool of iron Deut 27:5; Josh 8:31; Prov 27:17 (twice in verse); Eccl 10:10; Isa 10:34 (metaphor); head of an axe Deut 19:5; 2Kgs 6:5; 2Kgs 6:6 so weapon 2Sam 23:7; Job 41:19* compare also Num 31:22; Josh 22:8 where iron as spoil of war.

3. iron in figure of unwatered earth Deut 28:23 of Egyptian bondage, ‎׳‎‎כּוּר הַבּ‎ Deut 4:20; 1Kgs 8:51; Jer 11:4 of oppression ‎׳‎‎עֹל ב‎ Deut 28:48; Jer 28:14 compare vJer 28:13 of strength Jer 15:12 (twice in verse); compare ‎מִנְעָלֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Deut 33:25 & Mic 4:13 ‎׳‎‎קֶרֶן ב‎; of prophet, firm through Yahweh's might, ‎עַמּוּד‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Jer 1:18 of distress, ‎׳‎‎בְּרִיחֵי ב‎ Ps 107:16 compare vPs 107:10 of judgments of ‎׳‎‎י‎, & Ps 105:18 ‎׳‎‎שֵׁבֶט ב‎ Ps 2:9 of evil-doers, Jer 6:28; Ezek 22:18; Ezek 22:20 simile of scorching sky Lev 26:19 ‎׳‎‎מְטִיל ב‎ of bones of hippopotamus Job 40:18 ‎׳‎‎גִּיד ב‎ of obstinate neck of Israel Isa 48:4.

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