Dictionaries :: Iron

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Iron:

Tubal-Cain is the first-mentioned worker in iron (Gen 4:22). The Egyptians wrought it at Sinai before the Exodus. David prepared it in great abundance for the temple (1Ch 22:3: 29:7). The merchants of Dan and Javan brought it to the market of Tyre (Eze 27:19). Various instruments are mentioned as made of iron (Deu 27:5; 19:5; Jos 17:16,18; 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 12:31; 2Ki 6:5,6; 1Ch 22:3; Isa 10:34).

Figuratively, a yoke of iron (Deu 28:48) denotes hard service; a rod of iron (Psa 2:9), a stern government; a pillar of iron (Jer 1:18), a strong support; a furnace of iron (Deu 4:20), severe labour; a bar of iron (Job 40:18), strength; fetters of iron (Psa 107:10), affliction; giving silver for iron (Isa 60:17), prosperity.

Nave's Topical Bible

Iron: 1. First Recorded Use Of

Gen 4:22

Ore of,

Deu 8:9; Job 28:2.

Melted,

Eze 22:20.

Used in the temple,

1Ch 22:3; 29:2, 7.

Iron: Articles Made Of:

Ax,

2Ki 6:6; 2Ch 18:10; Ecc 10:10; Isa 10:34;

bedstead,

Deu 3:11;

breastplate,

Rev 9:9;

chariot,

Jos 17:16, 18; Jdg 1:19; 4:3;

fetters,

Psa 105:18; 107:10, 16; 149:8;

file,

Pro 27:17;

furnace,

Deu 4:20; 1Ki 8:51; Jer 11:4;

gate,

Act 12:10;

harrow,

2Sa 12:31;

horn,

1Ki 22:11; 2Ch 18:10; Mic 4:13;

idols,

Dan 2:33; 5:4, 23;

pans,

Eze 4:3; 27:19;

pen,

Job 19; 24; Jer 17:1;

pillars,

Jer 1:18;

rods for scourging,

Psa 2:9; Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15;

threshing instruments,

Amo 1:3;

tools,

1Ki 6:7;

vessels,

Jos 6:24;

weapons,

Num 35:16; 1Sa 17:7; Job 20:24; 41:7;

yokes,

Deu 28:48; Jer 28:13, 14.

Iron: Stones Of

Deu 8:9; Job 28:2; Isa 60:17

Iron: Reference Concerning

See STEEL

Iron: Figurative:

2Sa 23:7; Jer 15:12; 1Ti 4:2

Iron: 2. A City of Naphtali

Jos 19:38

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Iron: Dug Out of the Earth

Job 28:2

Iron: Described As

Strong and durable

Job 40:18; Dan 2:40

Fusible

Eze 22:20

Malleable

Isa 2:4

Iron: Of Greater Gravity than Water

2Ki 6:5

Iron: Admits of a High Polish

Eze 27:19

Iron: Hardened into Steel

2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24

Iron: Of Small Comparative Value

Isa 60:17

Iron: The Land of Canaan Abounded With

Deu 8:9; 33:25

Iron: From the North Hardest and Best

Jer 15:12

Iron: Used from the Earliest Age

Gen 4:22

Iron: Made Into

Armour

2Sa 23:7; Rev 9:9

Weapons of war

1Sa 13:19; 17:7

Chariots

Jdg 4:3

Implements for husbandry

1Sa 13:20,21; 2Sa 12:31

Tools for artificers

Jos 8:31; 1Ki 6:7

Graving tools

Job 19:24; Jer 17:1

Gates

Act 12:10

Nails and hinges

1Ch 22:3

Bars

Psa 107:16; Isa 45:2

Fetters

Psa 105:18; 149:8

Yokes

Deu 28:48; Jer 28:13,14

Idols

Dan 5:4,23

Bedsteads

Deu 3:11

Pillars

Jer 1:18

Rods

Psa 2:9; Rev 2:27

Iron: Sharpens Things Made Of

Pro 27:17

Iron: Working In, a Trade

1Sa 13:19; 2Ch 2:7,14

Iron: An Article of Commerce

Eze 27:12,19; Rev 18:12

Iron: Great Quantity Of, Provided for the Temple

1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2

Iron: Taken in War, Often Dedicated to God

Jos 6:19,24

Iron: Mode of Purifying, Taken in War

Num 31:21-23

Iron: Miraculously Made to Swim

2Ki 6:6

Iron: Illustrative

Of strength

Dan 2:33,40

Of stubbornness

Isa 48:4

Of severe affliction

Deu 4:20; Psa 107:10

Of a hard barren soil

Deu 28:23

Of severe exercise of power

Psa 2:9; Rev 2:27

(Seared with,) of insensibility of conscience

1Ti 4:2

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Iron:

"iron," occurs in Rev 18:12.

Iron:

"of iron," occurs in Act 12:10, of an iron gate; "of iron," Rev 2:27; 9:9; 12:5; 19:15.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Iron:

(pious)

(1.) One of the cities of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38) hitherto totally unknown.

(2.) is mentioned with brass as the earliest of known metals (Genesis 4:22). The natural wealth in iron of the soil of Canaan is indicated by describing it as "a land whose stones are iron." (Deuteronomy 8:9). (Recent explorations have shown that iron ore is abundant in the northern part of Palestine.-ED.) The book of Job contains passages which indicate that iron was a metal well known. Sheet‐iron was used for cooking utensils (Ezekiel 4:3; cf. Levi 7:9). That it was plentiful in the time of David appears from 1 Chronicles 22:3. The market of Tyre was supplied with bright or polished iron by the merchants of by Dan and Javan (Ezekiel 27:19). The Chalybes of the Pontus were celebrated as workers in iron in very ancient times. The product of their labor is supposed to be alluded to in Jeremiah 16:12 as being of superior quality. Specimens of Assyrian iron‐work overlaid with bronze were discovered by Mr. Layard, and are now in the British Museum. Iron weapons of various kinds were found at Nimroud, but fell to pieces on exposure to the air.