Opheret עֹפֶרֶת

Opheret (Hebrew עֹפֶרֶת, Strong's H5777) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lead”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Opheret, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 15:10
  Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Numbers

• Numbers 31:22
  Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

Job

• Job 19:24
  That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:29
  The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 22:18
  Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.“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.
• Ezekiel 22:20
  As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.Just 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.
• Ezekiel 27:12
  Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 5:7
  And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
• Zechariah 5:8
  And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).