Lexicon gophrith: brimstone Original Word: גָּפְרִיתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: gophrith Phonetic Spelling: (gof-reeth') Short Definition: brimstone NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as gopherDefinitionbrimstone NASB Translationbrimstone (7).
Brown-Driver-Briggs גָּפְרִית noun feminine brimstone (Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא, also כבריתא, כובריתא,  ,  ; 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; Lag l.c. thinks from Bactrian vohûkereti) — גָּפְרִית Genesis 19:24 6t. — brimstone, after הִמְטִיר Genesis 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; ׳נַחַל ג simile for the destroying breath of ׳י Isaiah 30:33. גֵּר see below I. גור. גִּר see below גיר.
Strong's brimstone Probably feminine of gopher; properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable) -- brimstone. see HEBREW gopher |
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