בַּרְזֶל (bar.zel) means “iron” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: bar-zel' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בַּרְזֶל · bar.zel · iron
1) iron 1a) iron 1a1) iron ore 1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements 2) tool of iron 3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: par.zel (פַּרְזֶל "iron" H6523)
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perhaps from the root of H1269 (בִּרְזוֹת); iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
KJV glosses: (ax) head, iron.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| iron | 20 |
| of iron | 12 |
| and iron | 9 |
| an iron | 3 |
| out of the iron | 2 |
| with an iron | 2 |
| a person with an iron | 1 |
| and chains | 1 |
| and its iron | 1 |
| and made the iron | 1 |
| any iron tool | 1 |
| are iron | 1 |
| as an iron | 1 |
| as iron | 1 |
| be iron | 1 |
| by an iron | 1 |
| for iron | 1 |
| for the iron | 1 |
| from an iron | 1 |
| have iron | 1 |
| in iron | 1 |
| in irons | 1 |
| iron tool | 1 |
| is iron | 1 |
| like iron | 1 |
| of his iron | 1 |
| the axe | 1 |
| the canaanites have iron | 1 |
| the iron axe head | 1 |
| with an axe | 1 |
| with iron | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of iron | 27 |
| iron | 16 |
| and iron | 7 |
| from the iron | 2 |
| in iron | 2 |
| the iron | 2 |
| with iron | 2 |
| an iron | 1 |
| and an iron | 1 |
| and for iron | 1 |
| and in iron | 1 |
| and of iron | 1 |
| and the head | 1 |
| and the iron | 1 |
| and with iron | 1 |
| as iron | 1 |
| if the iron | 1 |
| in thither and the iron | 1 |
| out of the iron | 1 |
| shall iron | 1 |
| the axe head | 1 |
| the smith | 1 |
| thou unto thee an iron | 1 |
| though they have iron | 1 |
| with an iron | 1 |
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And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Read word by wordI will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
Read word by wordOnly the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
Read word by wordIf, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
Read word by word(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Read word by wordYet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
Read word by worda land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
Read word by wordIf he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
Read word by wordMoreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
Read word by wordThe sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Read word by wordyou will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Read word by wordMay the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
Read word by wordFor all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
Read word by wordThen the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
Read word by wordjust as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
Read word by word“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Read word by wordbecause the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”
Read word by wordsaying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
Read word by wordThe LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Read word by wordhe summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
Read word by wordThe shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
Read word by wordDavid brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordThe man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
Read word by wordThe temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
Read word by wordFor they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
Read word by wordNow Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
Read word by wordAs one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
Read word by word“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
Read word by wordDavid brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordDavid provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
Read word by wordNow behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
Read word by wordin gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
Read word by wordNow with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
Read word by wordToward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
Read word by wordSend me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.6
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.13
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
Read word by wordThen the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordby an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
Read word by wordThough he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
Read word by wordIron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
Read word by wordHis bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
Read word by wordHe regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.19
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
Read word by wordThey bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Read word by wordSome sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Read word by wordFor He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
Read word by wordto bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Read word by wordAs iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
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