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Strong's #1614: gophriyth (pronounced gof-reeth')

probably feminine of 1613; properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable):--brimstone.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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gophrı̂yth

1) brimstone

1a) of judgment (figuratively)

1b) of Jehovah' s breath (figuratively)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: probably from H1613



Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

Genesis 19:24: "Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD"
Deuteronomy 29:23: "And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not nor"
Job 18:15: "It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon"
Psalms 11:6: "he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup."
Isaiah 30:33: "wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle"
Isaiah 34:9: "thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land burning pitch."
Ezekiel 38:22: "rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone."









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