H1614

גׇּפְרִית

goph.ritH:N-F

brimstone

1) brimstone 1a) of judgment (fig.) 1b) of Jehovah's breath (fig.)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גָּפְרִית noun feminine brimstone (Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא, also כבריתא, כובריתא, , ; Arabic (certainly foreign word); derived from (כֹּפֶר), גֹּפֶר by Thes Rob-Ges, compare Di Gen 6:14 i.e. pitch, and then other combustibles, especially sulphur; Lagl.c. thinks from Bactrian vohûkereti) — גָּפְרִית Gen 19:24 + 6 t. — brimstone, after הִמְטִיר Gen 19:24 (J), figurative of judgment Ps 11:6; Ezek 38:22 (in all || אֵשׁ etc.), compare also Job 18:15; Isa 34:9, & Deut 29:22 ׳נַחַל ג simile for the destroying breath of ׳י Isa 30:33.


גֵּר see below I. גור.


גִּר see below גיר.


5 occurrences

Genesis (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1)