בֹּרbôr
lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metals (Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 48:10)
Pronunciation: bore · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1253
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Job 9:30 Even if I were to wash myself with soap and clean my hands with lye,
- Isaiah 1:25 I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).