גׇּפְרִיתgophrîyth

brimstone (Genesis 6:14; Genesis 19:24; Psalms 11:6; Ezekiel 38:22; Job 18:15)

Pronunciation: gof-reeth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1614

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:24 Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Deuteronomy 29:23 They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.’
  • Job 18:15 The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.
  • Psalms 11:6 He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
  • Isaiah 30:33 Topheth—the place of burning— has long been ready for the Assyrian king; the pyre is piled high with wood. The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano, will set it ablaze.
  • Isaiah 34:9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.
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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).