בַּרְזֶל
barzel · bar-zel'
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from the root of H1269 (בִּרְזוֹת);
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- iron (as cutting)
- by extension, an iron implement
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (ax) head, iron.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּרְזֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
76 occurrences · 76 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of iron26 · 37%
- iron11 · 15%
- and iron7 · 10%
- the iron2 · 3%
- any iron2 · 3%
- with iron2 · 3%
- in iron2 · 3%
- from the iron2 · 3%
- as iron1 · 1%
- out of the iron1 · 1%
- are iron1 · 1%
- and the head1 · 1%
- that is under thee shall be iron1 · 1%
- shall be iron1 · 1%
- and of iron1 · 1%
- though they have iron1 · 1%
- and with iron1 · 1%
- the axe head1 · 1%
- it in thither; and the iron1 · 1%
- and the iron1 · 1%
- for things of iron1 · 1%
- and in iron1 · 1%
- with an iron1 · 1%
- if the iron1 · 1%
- the smith1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.