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bor H1253

בֹּר (bor) means “lye” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בֹּר Hebrew · H1253 2 tagged occurrences in 2 verses

Pronunciation guide: bore Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1253

בֹּר · bor · lye

lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metal

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

the same as H1252 (בֹּר); vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals

KJV glosses: [idiom] never so, purely.

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How translators render H1253

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
with lye 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
never 1
upon thee and purely 1

Verses containing H1253

Page 1 of 1. 2 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Job 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

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  2. Isaiah 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

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