Word Study · Strong's H913 · Hebrew
בְּדִיל
bedil
bed-eel'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉdîyl
“alloy (because removed by smelting)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin
Rendered in the KJV as
[phrase] plummet, tin.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בְּדִ֣יל1
- בְּדִילָֽיִךְ׃1
- הַבְּדִ֖יל1
- הַבְּדִ֛יל1
- וּבְדִ֨יל1
- וּבְדִיל֙1
How it is rendered · 4
- and tin2
- the tin2
- slags your1
- tin1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers1 occurrence
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 22:18וּבְדִ֨ילuvedilconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.here: and tin
- Ezekiel 22:20וּבְדִיל֙uvedilconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularJust as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.here: and tin
- Ezekiel 27:12בְּדִ֣ילbedilnoun · masculine singularTarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.here: tin