Dictionary entry

Iron

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Dug out of the earth Job 28:2

DESCRIBED AS

Strong and durable Job 40:18; Da 2:40

Fusible Eze 22:20

Malleable Isa 2:4

Of greater gravity than water 2Ki 6:5

Admits of a high polish Eze 27:19

Hardened into steel 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24

Of small comparative value Isa 60:17

The land of Canaan abounded with De 8:9; 33:25

From the north hardest and best Jer 15:12

Used from the earliest age Ge 4:22

MADE INTO

Armour 2Sa 23:7; Re 9:9

Weapons of war 1Sa 13:19; 17:7

Chariots Jud 4:3

Implements for husbandry 1Sa 13:20,21; 2Sa 12:31

Tools for artificers Jos 8:31; 1Ki 6:7

Graving tools Job 19:24; Jer 17:1

Gates Ac 12:10

Nails and hinges 1Ch 22:3

Bars Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2

Fetters Ps 105:18; 149:8

Yokes De 28:48; Jer 28:13,14

Idols Da 5:4,23

Bedsteads De 3:11

Pillars Jer 1:18

Rods Ps 2:9; Re 2:27

Sharpens things made of Pr 27:17

Working in, a trade 1Sa 13:19; 2Ch 2:7,14

An article of commerce Eze 27:12,19; Re 18:12

Great quantity of, provided for the temple 1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2

Taken in war, often dedicated to God Jos 6:19,24

Mode of purifying, taken in war Nu 31:21-23

Miraculously made to swim 2Ki 6:6

Illustrative

Of strength Da 2:33,40

Of stubbornness Isa 48:4

Of severe affliction De 4:20; Ps 107:10

Of a hard barren soil De 28:23

Of severe exercise of power Ps 2:9; Re 2:27

(Seared with,) of insensibility of conscience 1Ti 4:2