עֹפֶרֶת noun masculineJeremiah 6:29 (si vera lectio Qr)
lead (√ dubious; probably foreign word; compare
ᵑ7 אֲבָרָא lead, Syriac
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, and (asAramaic loan-word) Arabic
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[see Dozy], Frä
152; perhaps also Assyrian
abaru, a metal,
magnesite according to Hilpr
Assyriaca i (1894), 80 ff. Hpt
ib. 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).
עֵפָ֫תָה see עֵיפָה below II. עוף. עֵץ see II.עצה.
Strong's Hebrew: 5777. עֹפָ֫רֶת (ophereth or ophereth) — 9 Occurrences
Exodus 15:10
HEB: יָ֑ם צָֽלֲלוּ֙ כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת בְּמַ֖יִם אַדִּירִֽים׃
NAS: them; They sank like lead in the mighty
KJV: them: they sank as lead in the mighty
INT: the sea sank lead waters the mighty
Numbers 31:22
HEB: הַבְּדִ֖יל וְאֶת־ הָעֹפָֽרֶת׃
NAS: the iron, the tin and the lead,
KJV: the iron, the tin, and the lead,
INT: the iron the tin and the lead
Job 19:24
HEB: בְּעֵט־ בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר
NAS: stylus and lead They were engraved
KJV: pen and lead in the rock
INT: stylus an iron and lead forever the rock
Jeremiah 6:29
HEB: (תַּ֣ם ק) עֹפָ֑רֶת לַשָּׁוְא֙ צָרַ֣ף
NAS: blow fiercely, The lead is consumed
KJV: are burned, the lead is consumed
INT: the bellows fire the lead vain the refining
Ezekiel 22:18
HEB: וּבְדִ֨יל וּבַרְזֶ֤ל וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר
NAS: and iron and lead in the furnace;
KJV: and iron, and lead, in the midst
INT: and tin and iron and lead the midst the furnace
Ezekiel 22:20
HEB: וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֨ל וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת וּבְדִיל֙ אֶל־
NAS: and iron and lead and tin
KJV: and iron, and lead, and tin,
INT: and bronze and iron and lead and tin into
Ezekiel 27:12
HEB: בַּרְזֶל֙ בְּדִ֣יל וְעוֹפֶ֔רֶת נָתְנ֖וּ עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: tin and lead they paid
KJV: tin, and lead, they traded
INT: iron tin and lead paid your wares
Zechariah 5:7
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֛ה כִּכַּ֥ר עֹפֶ֖רֶת נִשֵּׂ֑את וְזֹאת֙
NAS: (and behold, a lead cover was lifted
KJV: a talent of lead: and this [is] a
INT: behold cover A lead was lifted is a
Zechariah 5:8
HEB: אֶת־ אֶ֥בֶן הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת אֶל־ פִּֽיהָ׃
NAS: and cast the lead weight
KJV: the weight of lead upon the mouth
INT: her down weight the lead on opening