Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1614 - גָּפְרִית gophrith (brimstone)

Original Word:	גָּפְרִית
Transliteration:	gophrith
Definition:	brimstone
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(gof-reeth')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

brimstone

Probably feminine of gopher; properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable) -- brimstone.

see HEBREW gopher

Englishman's Concordance

1) brimstone
1a) of judgment (figuratively)
1b) of Jehovah’s breath (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H1613
Same Word by TWOT Number: 375

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גָּפְרִיתnoun femininebrimstone (Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא, also כבריתא, כובריתא,

; Arabic

(certainly foreign word); derived from (כֹּפֶר), גֹּפֶר by Thes Rob-Ges, compare Di Genesis 6:14; i.e. pitch, and then other combustibles, especially sulphur; Lag^l.c. thinks from Bactrian vohûkereti) — גָּפְרִיתGenesis 19:24 6t. — brimstone, after הִמְטִירGenesis 19:24 (J), figurative of judgment Psalm 11:6; Ezekiel 38:22 (in all "" אֵשׁ etc.), compare also Job 18:15; Isaiah 34:9, & Deuteronomy 29:22; ׳נַחַל ג simile for the destroying breath of ׳יIsaiah 30:33.

גֵּר see below I. גור.

גִּר see below גיר.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1614. גָּפְרִית (gophrith) — 7 Occurrences

Genesis 19:24
HEB:וְעַל־ עֲמֹרָ֖ה גָּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ מֵאֵ֥ת
NAS: and Gomorrah brimstone and fire
KJV: and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
INT: and and Gomorrah brimstone and fire the LORD

Deuteronomy 29:23
HEB: גָּפְרִ֣ית וָמֶלַח֮ שְׂרֵפָ֣ה
NAS: its land is brimstone and salt,
KJV: [And that] the whole land thereof [is] brimstone, and salt,
INT:is brimstone and salt A burning

Job 18:15
HEB:עַל־ נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית׃
NAS: nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered
KJV: because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered
INT: on his habitation of his Brimstone

Psalm 11:6
HEB:פַּ֫חִ֥ים אֵ֣שׁ וְ֭גָפְרִית וְר֥וּחַ זִלְעָפ֗וֹת
NAS: Fire and brimstone and burning
KJV: fire and brimstone, and an horrible
INT: snares Fire and brimstone wind and burning

Isaiah 30:33
HEB:יְהוָה֙ כְּנַ֣חַל גָּפְרִ֔ית בֹּעֲרָ֖ה בָּֽהּ׃
NAS: like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.
KJV: like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle
INT: of the LORD A torrent of brimstone sets

Isaiah 34:9
HEB:לְזֶ֔פֶת וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ לְגָפְרִ֑ית וְהָיְתָ֣ה אַרְצָ֔הּ
NAS: And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land
KJV: and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land
INT: pitch loose brimstone will become land

Ezekiel 38:22
HEB:אֶלְגָּבִ֜ישׁ אֵ֣שׁ וְגָפְרִ֗ית אַמְטִ֤יר עָלָיו֙
NAS: with hailstones, fire and brimstone.
KJV: fire, and brimstone.
INT: great hail fire and brimstone will rain and

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