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In the Bible, it is often used metaphorically to describe weight or heaviness, and it is associated with the process of refining metals, where lead is used to separate impurities from silver.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, lead was a common metal used for various purposes, including construction, writing tablets, and as a component in alloys. Its heavy and malleable nature made it useful in many applications. In the context of metallurgy, lead played a crucial role in refining processes, particularly in the extraction and purification of silver. This process is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe purification and judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/6082.htm">opher</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>lead (a metal)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>lead (9).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">עֹפֶרֶת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Jeremiah 6:29</sup> (si vera lectio Qr) <font size="+1"><b>lead</b></font> (√ dubious; probably foreign word; compare <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">אֲבָרָא</font> lead, Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb078002.gif">, and (asAramaic loan-word) Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb078003.gif"> [see Dozy], Frä<sup>152</sup>; perhaps also Assyrian <i><em>abaru</em></i>, a metal, <em>magnesite</em> according to Hilpr<sup>Assyriaca i (1894), 80 ff.</sup> Hpt<sup>ib. 83</sup>); — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">כִּכַּר ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/5-7.htm">Zechariah 5:7</a> <em>a round weight</em> (disc) <em>of lead</em>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">אֶבֶןהָֿעו</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/5-5.htm">Zechariah 5:5</a>; with other metals (see <font class="hebrew2">בְּדִיל</font>) : <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">עוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18,20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Ezekiel 27:12</a> <font class="hebrew2">הָעֹפָ֑רֶת</font> <a href="/interlinear/numbers/31-22.htm">Numbers 31:22</a> (P); <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">עֹפ</font> also <a href="/interlinear/job/19-24.htm">Job 19:24</a> (with which chiselled letters are filled according to Di and most; Bu reads <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בְּע</font> <em>in</em> [a tablet of] <em>lead</em>); also (as flux) <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29</a> (reading Qr; so Gf Co; emendation Gie); <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">עוֺ</font> in simile <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-10.htm">Exodus 15:10</a> (song). <p><font class="hebrew2">עֵפָ֫תָה</font> see <font class="hebrew2">עֵיפָה</font> below II. <font class="hebrew2">עוף</font>. <font class="hebrew2">עֵץ</font> see II.<font class="hebrew2">עצה</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>lead <p>Or mophereth {o-feh'-reth}; feminine participle active of <a href="/hebrew/6080.htm">aphar</a>; lead (from its dusty color) -- lead. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6080.htm">aphar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת הָעֹפָֽרֶת׃ העפרת העפרת׃ וְעֹפָ֑רֶת וְעוֹפֶ֔רֶת וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת ועופרת ועפרת כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת כעופרת עֹפֶ֖רֶת עֹפָ֑רֶת עפרת ‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ ‘ō·p̄e·reṯ ‘ōp̄āreṯ ‘ōp̄ereṯ hā‘ōp̄āreṯ hā‘ōp̄ereṯ hā·‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ hā·‘ō·p̄e·reṯ haoFaret haoFeret ka‘ōwp̄ereṯ ka·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ kaoFeret oFaret oFeret veoFaret veoFeret wə‘ōp̄āreṯ wə‘ōwp̄ereṯ wə·‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ wə·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/15-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 15:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָ֑ם צָֽלֲלוּ֙ <b> כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת </b> בְּמַ֖יִם אַדִּירִֽים׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> them; They sank <span class="itali">like lead</span> in the mighty<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them: they sank <span class="itali">as lead</span> in the mighty<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the sea sank <span class="itali">lead</span> waters the mighty<p><b><a href="/text/numbers/31-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 31:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/31.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַבְּדִ֖יל וְאֶת־ <b> הָעֹפָֽרֶת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/31.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the iron, the tin <span class="itali">and the lead,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/31.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the iron, the tin, <span class="itali">and the lead,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/31-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the iron the tin <span class="itali">and the lead</span><p><b><a href="/text/job/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 19:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּעֵט־ בַּרְזֶ֥ל <b> וְעֹפָ֑רֶת </b> לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> stylus <span class="itali">and lead</span> They were engraved<br><a href="/kjvs/job/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> pen <span class="itali">and lead</span> in the rock<br><a href="/interlinear/job/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> stylus an iron <span class="itali">and lead</span> forever the rock<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/6-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 6:29</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">(תַּ֣ם ק) <b> עֹפָ֑רֶת </b> לַשָּׁוְא֙ צָרַ֣ף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> blow fiercely, <span class="itali">The lead</span> is consumed<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> are burned, <span class="itali">the lead</span> is consumed<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the bellows fire <span class="itali">the lead</span> vain the refining<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/22-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 22:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבְדִ֨יל וּבַרְזֶ֤ל <b> וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ </b> בְּת֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and iron <span class="itali">and lead</span> in the furnace;<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and iron, <span class="itali">and lead,</span> in the midst<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and tin and iron <span class="itali">and lead</span> the midst the furnace<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/22-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 22:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֨ל <b> וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶת </b> וּבְדִיל֙ אֶל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and iron <span class="itali">and lead</span> and tin<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and iron, <span class="itali">and lead,</span> and tin,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and bronze and iron <span class="itali">and lead</span> and tin into<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/27-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 27:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּרְזֶל֙ בְּדִ֣יל <b> וְעוֹפֶ֔רֶת </b> נָתְנ֖וּ עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> tin <span class="itali">and lead</span> they paid<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> tin, <span class="itali">and lead,</span> they traded<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> iron tin <span class="itali">and lead</span> paid your wares<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 5:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהִנֵּ֛ה כִּכַּ֥ר <b> עֹפֶ֖רֶת </b> נִשֵּׂ֑את וְזֹאת֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> (and behold, <span class="itali">a lead</span> cover was lifted<br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a talent <span class="itali">of lead:</span> and this [is] a<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> behold cover <span class="itali">A lead</span> was lifted is a<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 5:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ אֶ֥בֶן <b> הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת </b> אֶל־ פִּֽיהָ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and cast <span class="itali">the lead</span> weight<br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the weight <span class="itali">of lead</span> upon the mouth<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> her down weight <span class="itali">the lead</span> on opening<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5777.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5777.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5777<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/haofaret_5777.htm">hā·‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/haoferet_5777.htm">hā·‘ō·p̄e·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kaoferet_5777.htm">ka·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ofaret_5777.htm">‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/oferet_5777.htm">‘ō·p̄e·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veofaret_5777.htm">wə·‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veoferet_5777.htm">wə·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ — 3 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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