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1 Chronicles 22:3
“And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בַּרְזֶלbarzel · bar-zel'
H1270 · Hebrew
H1270 · Hebrew
- Definition
- iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- Derivation
- perhaps from the root of H1269 (בִּרְזוֹת);
- KJV renderings
- (ax) head, iron.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בַרְזֶ֣ל — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 76 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:22Leviticus 26:19Numbers 31:22Numbers 35:16Deuteronomy 3:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בַּרְזֶל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.