Strong’s H5777 · Hebrew
עוֹפֶרֶת
ʻôwphereth · o-feh'-reth
Origin or עֹפֶרֶת; feminine participle active of עָפַר (H6080);
Meaning lead (from its dusty color)
In the King James Version lead.
In 9 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 15:10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Numbers 31:22Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
- Job 19:24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Ezekiel 22:18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
- Ezekiel 22:20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
- Ezekiel 27:12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
- Zechariah 5:7And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
- Zechariah 5:8And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.