פַּרְזֶל
parzel · par-zel'
iron
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1270 (בַּרְזֶל);
iron
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: iron.
Letters
- 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
- 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)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פַּרְזֶל 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of iron7 · 35%
- iron4 · 20%
- as iron2 · 10%
- the iron2 · 10%
- that were of iron1 · 5%
- was the iron1 · 5%
- forasmuch as iron1 · 5%
- of the iron1 · 5%
- were of iron1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel20
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.