Lexical Definition

‎גׇּפְרִית‎ gophrîyth (gof-reeth') brimstone ^H:N-F
probably feminine of ‎גֹּפֶר‎

brimstone.

• properly, cypress-resin
• by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)

1) brimstone
1a) of judgment (fig.)
1b) of Jehovah's breath (fig.)

See Greek: θεῖον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּפְרִית‎ noun feminine brimstone (Aramaic ‎גּוּפְרִיתָא‎, also ‎כבריתא‎, ‎כובריתא‎, , ; Arabic (certainly foreign word); derived from (‎כֹּפֶר‎), ‎גֹּפֶר‎ by Thes Rob-Ges, compare Di Gen 6:14 i.e. pitch, and then other combustibles, especially sulphur; Lag^l.c. thinks from Bactrian vohûkereti) — ‎גָּפְרִית‎ Gen 19:24 + 6 t. — brimstone, after ‎הִמְטִיר‎ Gen 19:24 (J), figurative of judgment Ps 11:6; Ezek 38:22 (in all || ‎אֵשׁ‎ etc.), compare also Job 18:15; Isa 34:9, & Deut 29:22* ‎׳‎‎נַחַל ג‎ simile for the destroying breath of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 30:33. ‎גֵּר‎ see below I. ‎גור‎. ‎גִּר‎ see below ‎גיר‎.

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