Word Study · Strong's H1614 · Hebrew
גׇּפְרִית
gophrith
gof-reeth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gophrîyth
“properly, cypress-resin”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
Rendered in the KJV as
brimstone.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- גָּפְרִ֣ית2
- גָּפְרִ֔ית1
- גָפְרִֽית׃1
- וְ֭גָפְרִית1
- וְגָפְרִ֗ית1
- לְגָפְרִ֑ית1
How it is rendered · 4
- sulfur3
- and sulfur2
- [is] sulfur1
- into sulfur1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 4
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 30:33גָּפְרִ֔יתgaferitnoun · feminine singularFor Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.here: sulfur
- Isaiah 34:9לְגָפְרִ֑יתlegaferitpreposition + noun · feminine singularEdom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.here: into sulfur