Strong's Hebrew: 1270. בַּרְזֶל (barzel) -- Iron
Strong's Lexicon
barzel: Iron
Original Word: בַּרְזֶל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: barzel
Pronunciation: bar-ZEL
Phonetic Spelling: (bar-zel')
Definition: Iron
Meaning: iron, an iron implement
Word Origin: The origin of the word is uncertain, but it is a common Semitic term for iron.
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4603 (σίδηρος, sideros): The Greek equivalent for iron, used in the New Testament.
Usage: The Hebrew word "barzel" refers to iron, a metal known for its strength and durability. In the Bible, "barzel" is used both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it describes the material used for tools, weapons, and various implements. Metaphorically, it symbolizes strength, oppression, and sometimes inflexibility or harshness.
Cultural and Historical Background: Iron was a significant material in the ancient Near East, marking the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. It was used for making tools, weapons, and other implements, which were stronger and more durable than those made from bronze. The ability to work with iron was a sign of technological advancement and power. In biblical times, iron was also associated with military strength and was a valuable resource for any nation.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as Birzoth
Definition
iron
NASB Translation
axe (1), axe head (1), chains (1), iron (71), irons (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בַּרְזֶל noun masculineDeuteronomy 19:5 iron (with ל afform.; from piercing ? Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., מַּדְזֶל, 
, Phoenician ברזל, Assyrian parzillu COTGloss, (Arabic 
fetter is loan-word)) — always absolute ׳ב Genesis 4:22 74t. (בַּרְזֶל֑ Genesis 4:22 etc.); —
1 iron, literally:
a. iron-ore, stone containing iron, Deuteronomy 8:9; Job 28:2;
b. as raw material (to be worked) Genesis 4:22; 1 Chronicles 22:3,14,16; 1 Chronicles 29:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2Chron 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 24:12; Isaiah 44:12;
c. as article of commerce Ezekiel 27:12,19;
d. as material of furniture, utensils, implements, etc., ׳עֶרֶשׂ ב Deuteronomy 3:11, ׳רֶכֶב ב Joshua 17:16,18; Judges 1:19; Judges 4:3,13, ׳כְּלֵי ב Joshua 6:19,24 compare 1 Kings 6:7; Numbers 35:16, ׳עֵטבֿ Job 19:24 & figurative Jeremiah 17:1, ׳חֲרִצֵי הַבּ 2 Samuel 12:31= 1 Chronicles 20:3, ׳מַגְזְרוֺת הַבּ 2 Samuel 12:31 cutting instrument of iron, see Amos 1:3, ׳כַּבְלֵי ב Psalm 149:8 ("" זִקִּיִם), ׳נֵשֶׁק ב Job 20:24, ׳קַרְנֵי ב 1 Kings 22:11 2Chronicles 18:10, ׳קִיר ב & ׳מַחֲבַת ב Ezekiel 4:3; ׳בְּרִיחֵי ב, i.e. of Babylon, ag. Cyrus Isaiah 45:2; compare 1 Samuel 17:7 & Isaiah 60:17 (twice in verse) (figurative)
2 tool of iron Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:31; Proverbs 27:17 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 10:10; Isaiah 10:34 (metaphor); head of an axe Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:5,6; so weapon 2 Samuel 23:7; Job 41:19; compare also Numbers 31:22; Joshua 22:8 where iron as spoil of war.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ax head, iron
Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement -- (ax) head, iron.
see HEBREW Birzowth
Forms and Transliterations
בְּבַרְזֶ֣ל בַּ֝רְזֶ֗ל בַּ֭רְזֶל בַּבַּרְזֶ֑ל בַּבַּרְזֶ֜ל בַּרְזֶ֑ל בַּרְזֶ֔ל בַּרְזֶ֖ל בַּרְזֶ֗ל בַּרְזֶ֛ל בַּרְזֶ֡ל בַּרְזֶ֣ל בַּרְזֶ֤ל בַּרְזֶ֥ל בַּרְזֶ֧ל ׀ בַּרְזֶֽל׃ בַּרְזֶל֙ בַרְזֶ֑ל בַרְזֶ֔ל בַרְזֶ֖ל בַרְזֶ֣ל בַרְזֶ֧ל ׀ בַרְזֶֽל׃ בַרְזֶל֙ בברזל ברזל ברזל׃ הַבַּרְזֶ֔ל הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃ הַבַּרְזֶל֙ הברזל הברזל׃ וְהַבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְלַבַּרְזֶ֖ל וְלַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבְבַרְזֶ֛ל וּבַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וּבַרְזֶ֑ל וּבַרְזֶ֔ל וּבַרְזֶ֖ל וּבַרְזֶ֣ל ׀ וּבַרְזֶ֤ל וּבַרְזֶ֨ל וּבַרְזֶֽל׃ ובברזל וברזל וברזל׃ והברזל ולברזל כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל כברזל לַבַּרְזֶ֔ל לברזל bab·bar·zel babbarzel bar·zel ḇar·zel barzel ḇarzel bə·ḇar·zel bəḇarzel bevarZel hab·bar·zel habbarzel kab·bar·zel kabbarzel lab·bar·zel labbarzel ū·ḇab·bar·zel ū·ḇar·zel ū·ḇə·ḇar·zel ūḇabbarzel ūḇarzel ūḇəḇarzel uvabbarZel uvarZel uvevarZel varZel vehabbarZel velabbarZel wə·hab·bar·zel wə·lab·bar·zel wəhabbarzel wəlabbarzel
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Genesis 4:22
HEB: חֹרֵ֥שׁ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל וַֽאֲח֥וֹת תּֽוּבַל־
NAS: of bronze and iron; and the sister
KJV: in brass and iron: and the sister
INT: artificer of bronze and iron and the sister of Tubal-cain
Leviticus 26:19
HEB: אֶת־ שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶֽת־ אַרְצְכֶ֖ם
NAS: your sky like iron and your earth
KJV: your heaven as iron, and your earth
INT: make your sky iron and your earth bronze
Numbers 31:22
HEB: הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ אֶת־ הַבַּרְזֶ֔ל אֶֽת־ הַבְּדִ֖יל
NAS: the bronze, the iron, the tin
KJV: the brass, the iron, the tin,
INT: and the silver the bronze the iron the tin and the lead
Numbers 35:16
HEB: וְאִם־ בִּכְלִ֨י בַרְזֶ֧ל ׀ הִכָּ֛הוּ וַיָּמֹ֖ת
NAS: he struck him down with an iron object,
KJV: him with an instrument of iron, so that he die,
INT: if object an iron struck died
Deuteronomy 3:11
HEB: עַרְשׂוֹ֙ עֶ֣רֶשׂ בַּרְזֶ֔ל הֲלֹ֣ה הִ֔וא
NAS: his bedstead was an iron bedstead;
KJV: [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not
INT: his bedstead bedstead was an iron not he
Deuteronomy 4:20
HEB: אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִכּ֥וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם לִהְי֥וֹת
NAS: you and brought you out of the iron furnace,
KJV: you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace,
INT: and brought furnace of the iron Egypt become
Deuteronomy 8:9
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ בַרְזֶ֔ל וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ תַּחְצֹ֥ב
NAS: stones are iron, and out of whose hills
KJV: whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills
INT: whose stones are iron hills dig
Deuteronomy 19:5
HEB: הָעֵ֔ץ וְנָשַׁ֤ל הַבַּרְזֶל֙ מִן־ הָעֵ֔ץ
NAS: the tree, and the iron [head] slips off
KJV: the tree, and the head slippeth
INT: the tree slips and the iron at the handle
Deuteronomy 27:5
HEB: תָנִ֥יף עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם בַּרְזֶֽל׃
NAS: you shall not wield an iron [tool] on them.
KJV: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them.
INT: wield and an iron
Deuteronomy 28:23
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ בַּרְזֶֽל׃
NAS: which is under you, iron.
KJV: and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.
INT: which is under iron
Deuteronomy 28:48
HEB: וְנָתַ֞ן עֹ֤ל בַּרְזֶל֙ עַל־ צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ
NAS: and He will put an iron yoke
KJV: a yoke of iron upon thy neck,
INT: will put yoke an iron on your neck
Deuteronomy 33:25
HEB: בַּרְזֶ֥ל וּנְחֹ֖שֶׁת מִנְעָלֶ֑יךָ
NAS: Your locks will be iron and bronze,
KJV: Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass;
INT: will be iron and bronze your locks
Joshua 6:19
HEB: וּכְלֵ֤י נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ וּבַרְזֶ֔ל קֹ֥דֶשׁ ה֖וּא
NAS: of bronze and iron are holy
KJV: of brass and iron, [are] consecrated
INT: and articles of bronze and iron are holy he
Joshua 6:24
HEB: וּכְלֵ֤י הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ וְהַבַּרְזֶ֔ל נָתְנ֖וּ אוֹצַ֥ר
NAS: of bronze and iron, they put
KJV: of brass and of iron, they put
INT: and articles of bronze and iron put the treasury
Joshua 8:31
HEB: הֵנִ֥יף עֲלֵיהֶ֖ן בַּרְזֶ֑ל וַיַּעֲל֨וּ עָלָ֤יו
NAS: man had wielded an iron [tool]; and they offered
KJV: over which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offered
INT: had wielded and an iron offered and
Joshua 17:16
HEB: הָהָ֑ר וְרֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֗ל בְּכָל־ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙
NAS: have chariots of iron, both those who
KJV: have chariots of iron, [both they] who [are] of Bethshean
INT: the hill have chariots of iron and all the Canaanites
Joshua 17:18
HEB: כִּ֣י רֶ֤כֶב בַּרְזֶל֙ ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י
NAS: they have chariots of iron [and] though
KJV: the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots,
INT: though have chariots of iron though are strong
Joshua 22:8
HEB: וּבְזָהָ֜ב וּבִנְחֹ֧שֶׁת וּבְבַרְזֶ֛ל וּבִשְׂלָמ֖וֹת הַרְבֵּ֣ה
NAS: gold, bronze, iron, and with very many
KJV: and with brass, and with iron, and with very
INT: gold bronze iron clothes many
Judges 1:19
HEB: כִּי־ רֶ֥כֶב בַּרְזֶ֖ל לָהֶֽם׃
NAS: because they had iron chariots.
KJV: because they had chariots of iron.
INT: because chariots had iron
Judges 4:3
HEB: מֵא֤וֹת רֶֽכֶב־ בַּרְזֶל֙ ל֔וֹ וְ֠הוּא
NAS: hundred iron chariots,
KJV: chariots of iron; and twenty
INT: hundred chariots iron and he oppressed
Judges 4:13
HEB: מֵאוֹת֙ רֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: nine hundred iron chariots, and all
KJV: chariots of iron, and all the people
INT: hundred chariots iron and all the people
1 Samuel 17:7
HEB: מֵא֥וֹת שְׁקָלִ֖ים בַּרְזֶ֑ל וְנֹשֵׂ֥א הַצִּנָּ֖ה
NAS: shekels of iron; his shield-carrier
KJV: shekels of iron: and one bearing
INT: hundred shekels of iron bearing A shield
2 Samuel 12:31
HEB: בַּ֠מְּגֵרָה וּבַחֲרִצֵ֨י הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣ת הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל
NAS: sharp iron instruments,
KJV: and under harrows of iron, and under axes
INT: saws sharp iron axes and iron
2 Samuel 12:31
HEB: הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣ת הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אוֹתָם֙
NAS: instruments, and iron axes,
KJV: and under axes of iron, and made them pass
INT: iron axes and iron pass brick kiln
2 Samuel 23:7
HEB: בָּהֶ֔ם יִמָּלֵ֥א בַרְזֶ֖ל וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִ֑ית
NAS: them Must be armed with iron and the shaft
KJV: them must be fenced with iron and the staff
INT: touches Must be armed iron and the shaft of a spear