גׇּפְרִית
gophrîyth · gof-reeth'
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably feminine of H1613 (גֹּפֶר);
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
- properly, cypress-resin
- by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: brimstone.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To carry, to lift up that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גׇּפְרִית 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and brimstone2 · 29%
- brimstone1 · 14%
- thereof is brimstone1 · 14%
- of his: brimstone1 · 14%
- of brimstone1 · 14%
- thereof into brimstone1 · 14%
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.