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Strong's H1270 בַּרְזֶל (barzel)

Barzel means “iron” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1270 — dianoema (“thought”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1270
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 70
Books 21

Strong's H1270 Quick Answer

Strong's H1270 בַּרזֶל (barzel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. barzel (bar-zel') n-m. 1. iron (as cutting) 2. by extension, an iron implement It has 70 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include iron and head. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
barzel (bar-zel') n-m. 1. iron (as cutting) 2. by extension, an iron implement
Usage
70 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
iron and head

Meaning and Definition

barzel (bar-zel') n-m. 1. iron (as cutting) 2. by extension, an iron implement [perhaps from the root of H1269] KJV: (ax) head, iron. Root(s): H1269

Original Word
בַּרזֶל
Transliteration
barzel
Derivation
First root strongs: 1269
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1270. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

iron

Usage: 1) iron 1a) iron 1a1) iron ore 1a2) as material of furniture, utensils, implements 2) tool of iron 3) harshness, strength, oppression (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: par.zel (פַּרְזֶל "iron" H6523)

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How Strong's H1270 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render barzel, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

iron Genesis 4:22 67× head Deuteronomy 19:5

How Strong's H1270 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 70 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1270 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1270 in the Old Testament

70 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:22 KJV

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Leviticus 26:19 KJV

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

Numbers 31:22 KJV

Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Usage Excerpts

First 70 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1270.

Genesis 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Leviticus 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Numbers 31:22 Old Testament, KJV
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Numbers 35:16 Old Testament, KJV
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Deuteronomy 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
Deuteronomy 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Deuteronomy 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Deuteronomy 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
Deuteronomy 28:23 Old Testament, KJV
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy 28:48 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy 33:25 Old Testament, KJV
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Joshua 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
Joshua 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Joshua 8:31 Old Testament, KJV
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
Joshua 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
Joshua 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
Judges 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Judges 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Judges 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
1 Samuel 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
2 Samuel 12:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
1 Kings 6:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
1 Kings 8:51 Old Testament, KJV
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
1 Kings 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
2 Kings 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
2 Kings 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
1 Chronicles 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
1 Chronicles 22:14 Old Testament, KJV
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
1 Chronicles 22:16 Old Testament, KJV
Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
1 Chronicles 29:2 Old Testament, KJV
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
1 Chronicles 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
2 Chronicles 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2 Chronicles 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
2 Chronicles 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
2 Chronicles 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
Job 19:24 Old Testament, KJV
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Job 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job 28:2 Old Testament, KJV
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Job 40:18 Old Testament, KJV
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Job 41:27 Old Testament, KJV
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Psalms 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 105:18 Old Testament, KJV
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Psalms 107:10 Old Testament, KJV
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalms 107:16 Old Testament, KJV
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psalms 149:8 Old Testament, KJV
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Proverbs 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Ecclesiastes 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Isaiah 10:34 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Isaiah 44:12 Old Testament, KJV
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Isaiah 45:2 Old Testament, KJV
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Isaiah 48:4 Old Testament, KJV
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Isaiah 60:17 Old Testament, KJV
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Jeremiah 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 6:28 Old Testament, KJV
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Jeremiah 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
Jeremiah 15:12 Old Testament, KJV
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Jeremiah 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Jeremiah 28:13 Old Testament, KJV
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
Ezekiel 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 22:18 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Ezekiel 22:20 Old Testament, KJV
As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
Ezekiel 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Ezekiel 27:19 Old Testament, KJV
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Amos 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
Micah 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1270, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 6 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1270 FAQ

What does barzel (בַּרְזֶל) mean?

Barzel (Strong's H1270) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "iron". barzel (bar-zel') n-m. 1. iron (as cutting) 2. by extension, an iron implement

How many times is barzel (בַּרְזֶל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 70 linked usages for Strong's H1270 across 21 books.

Where can I study barzel (בַּרְזֶל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1270 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate barzel (בַּרְזֶל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as iron and head. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.