Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1614
גׇּפְרִית
gophrithgof-reeth'
brimstone
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gophrîyth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1614is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1614
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
The King James renders it: brimstone.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gophrith is rendered "brimstone". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Genesis 19:24גָּפְרִ֣ית
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sulfur4
- and sulfur2
- into sulfur1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- גָּפְרִ֣ית2
- גָּפְרִ֔ית1
- גָפְרִֽית׃1
- וְ֭גָפְרִית1
- וְגָפְרִ֗ית1
- לְגָפְרִ֑ית1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- גָּפְרִ֣יתgaferitnoun · feminine singulartagged: sulfur
Deuteronomy
one use
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
- גָּפְרִ֣יתgaferitnoun · feminine singulartagged: sulfur
Job
one use
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
- גָפְרִֽית׃gaferitnoun · feminine singulartagged: sulfur
Psalms
one use
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- וְ֭גָפְרִיתvegaferitconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and sulfur
Isaiah
two uses
For 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.
- גָּפְרִ֔יתgaferitnoun · feminine singulartagged: sulfur
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
- לְגָפְרִ֑יתlegaferitpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into sulfur
Ezekiel
one use
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- וְגָפְרִ֗יתvegaferitconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and sulfur
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.