עוֹפֶרֶתʻôwphereth
lead (Jeremiah 6:29; Zechariah 5:7; Zechariah 5:5; Ezekiel 22:18; Ezekiel 22:20)
Pronunciation: o-feh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5777
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Numbers 31:22 Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—
- Job 19:24 carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.
- Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.
- Ezekiel 22:18 “Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over—a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.
- Ezekiel 22:20 Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.
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).