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
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
Yokes De 28:48; Jer 28:13,14
Idols Da 5:4,23
Bedsteads De 3:11
Pillars Jer 1:18
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