Lexicon :: Strong's H5777 - ʿōp̄ereṯ

עֹפֶרֶת
Transliteration
ʿōp̄ereṯ
Pronunciation
o-feh'-reth
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Fem part act of עָפַר (H6080)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1665b

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עפרת (Strongs and Gesenius) עופרת (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עוֹפֶרֶת ʻôwphereth, o-feh'-reth; or עֹפֶרֶת ʻôphereth; feminine participle active of H6080; lead (from its dusty color):—lead.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5777 in the following manner: lead (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5777 in the following manner: lead (9x).
  1. lead

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עוֹפֶרֶת ʻôwphereth, o-feh'-reth; or עֹפֶרֶת ʻôphereth; feminine participle active of H6080; lead (from its dusty color):—lead.
STRONGS H5777: Abbreviations
עֹפֶרֶת noun masculineJeremiah 6:29 (si vera lectio Qr) lead (√ dubious; probably foreign word; compare אֲבָרָא lead, Syriac , and (asAramaic loan-word) Arabic [see Dozy], Frä152; perhaps also Assyrian abaru, a metal, magnesite according to HilprAssyriaca i (1894), 80 ff. Hptib. 83); — כִּכַּר ע׳ Zechariah 5:7 a round weight (disc) of lead, אֶבֶןהָֿעו׳ Zechariah 5:5; with other metals (see בְּדִיל) : עוֺ׳ Ezekiel 22:18, 20; Ezekiel 27:12 הָעֹפָ֑רֶת Numbers 31:22 (P); עֹפ׳ also Job 19:24 (with which chiselled letters are filled according to Di and most; Bu reads בְּע׳ in [a tablet of] lead); also (as flux) Jeremiah 6:29 (reading Qr; so Gf Co; emendation Gie); עוֺ׳ in simile Exodus 15:10 (song).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:10

Numbers

31:22

Job

19:24

Jeremiah

6:29; 6:29

Ezekiel

22:18; 22:20; 27:12

Zechariah

5:5; 5:7