Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5427 - נֶתֶר nether

Original Word:	נֶתֶר
Transliteration:	nether
Phonetic Spelling:	(neh'-ther)
Definition:	natron or carbonate of soda
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

nitre

From nathar; mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid) -- nitre.

see HEBREW nathar

Englishman's Concordance

1) natron, nitre, soda, carbonate of soda
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5425
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1450a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נֶ֫תֶרnoun [masculine]natron, or carbonate of soda, a mineral alkali (Late Hebrew=Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נִתְרָא,

; compare Greek νίτρον, λίτρον, Latin nitrum (see Lexicons)); — אִםתְּֿכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶרJeremiah 2:22 though thou wash thyself with natron (figurative; "" בֹּרִית; on use of 'nitrum' for handwashing among Greeks see Meineke^{Fragm. Comicorum ii. 638}); חֹמֶץ עַלנָֿ֑תֶרProverbs 25:20 (figurative of the incompatible).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5427. נָ֫תֶר (nether) — 2 Occurrences

Proverbs 25:20
HEB:חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־ נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים
NAS: [or like] vinegar on soda, Is he who sings
KJV: [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth
INT: vinegar on soda sings songs

Jeremiah 2:22
HEB:אִם־ תְּכַבְּסִי֙ בַּנֶּ֔תֶר וְתַרְבִּי־ לָ֖ךְ
NAS: you wash yourself with lye And use much
KJV: For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much
INT: lo you wash lye and use soap

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