STRONGS H1614:
Abbreviations
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גָּפְרִית noun feminine brimstone (Aramaic
גּוּפְרִיתָא, also
כבריתא,
כובריתא,
,
; Arabic
(certainly foreign word); derived from (
כֹּפֶר),
גֹּפֶר by Thes Rob-Ges, compare Di
Genesis 6:14; i.e.
pitch, and then other combustibles, especially
sulphur; Lag
l.c. thinks from Bactrian
vohûkereti) —
גָּפְרִית Genesis 19:24 +
6 times —
brimstone, after
הִמְטִיר Genesis 19:24 (J), figurative of judgment
Psalm 11:6;
Ezekiel 38:22 (in all ||
אֵשׁ etc.), compare also
Job 18:15;
Isaiah 34:9, &
Deuteronomy 29:22;
נַחַל ג׳ simile for the destroying breath of
י׳ Isaiah 30:33.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
6:14; 19:24; 19:24
Deuteronomy
29:22
Job
18:15
Psalms
11:6
Isaiah
30:33; 34:9
Ezekiel
38:22