Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
iron
Usage: iron Aramaic of bar.zel (בַּרְזֶל "iron" H1270)
Parzel means “iron” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6523 פַּרזֶל (parzel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. parzel (par-zel') n-m. 1. iron [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1270] It has 14 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include iron. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
parzel (par-zel') n-m. 1. iron [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1270] KJV: iron. Root(s): H1270
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iron
Usage: iron Aramaic of bar.zel (בַּרְזֶל "iron" H1270)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parzel, 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.
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14 indexed usages in Old Testament.
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6523.
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
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Parzel (Strong's H6523) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "iron". parzel (par-zel') n-m. 1. iron [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1270]
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's H6523 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6523 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as iron. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.