Lexical Summary gophrith: brimstone Original Word: גָּפְרִיתTransliteration: gophrith Phonetic Spelling: (gof-reeth') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: brimstone Meaning: cypress-resin, sulphur Strong's Concordance brimstone Probably feminine of gopher; properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable) -- brimstone. see HEBREW gopher Brown-Driver-Briggs H1614. gophrith גָּפְרִית noun feminine brimstone (Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא, also כובריתא כבריתא,, , ; 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; Lagl.c. thinks from Bactrian vohûkereti) — גָּפְרִית 19:24 6t. — brimstone, after הִמְטִיר 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; ג ׳נַחַל simile for the destroying breath of ׳י Isaiah 30:33. גֵּר see below I. גור. גִּר see below גיר. |
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