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It is associated with the smelting of metals, symbolizing purification and testing. The furnace is a place where impurities are removed, and the true nature of the material is revealed.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, furnaces were essential for metalworking, particularly in the production of tools, weapons, and ornaments. The process of smelting involved heating ore to high temperatures to extract pure metal. This imagery was powerful in a biblical context, symbolizing God's refining work in the lives of His people. The furnace metaphor is used to describe the trials and tribulations that test and purify believers, much like metal is purified in a furnace.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">כּוּר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>smelting-pot or furnace</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046808.gif">; Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; Aramaic <em>id.</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046809.gif">; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046810.gif">) — <em>pot</em> or <em>furnace</em> for smelting metals, but always in metaphor or simile of human sufferings in punishment or discipline: iron (figurative of Egypt as place of bondage) <font class="hebrew2">הַבַּרְזֶל</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מִכּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Jeremiah 11:4</a>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַבּ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מִתּוֺךְ כ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/8-51.htm">1 Kings 8:51</a>; gold <font class="hebrew2">לַזָּהָב</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">כ</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a> = <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/27-21.htm">Proverbs 27:21</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מַצְרֵף</font>); various metals <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18</a>,20,22; once <font class="hebrew2">בְּכוּר עֹ֑נִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/48-10.htm">Isaiah 48:10</a> <em>in a smelting-pot of affliction.</em> <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>furnace <p>From an unused root meaning properly, to dig through; a pot or furnace (as if excavated) -- furnace. Compare <a href="/hebrew/3600.htm">kiyr</a>. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3600.htm">kiyr</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּכ֥וּר בכור וְכ֣וּר וכור כּ֔וּר כּ֥וּר כור מִכּ֥וּר מִכּ֨וּר מכור bə·ḵūr beChur bəḵūr kur kūr mik·kūr mikKur mikkūr veChur wə·ḵūr wəḵūr<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/deuteronomy/4-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 4:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיּוֹצִ֥א אֶתְכֶ֛ם <b> מִכּ֥וּר </b> הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you out of the iron <span class="itali">furnace,</span> from Egypt,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> out of the iron <span class="itali">furnace,</span> [even] out of Egypt,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/4-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the LORD and brought <span class="itali">furnace</span> of the iron Egypt<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/8-51.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 8:51</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם מִתּ֖וֹךְ <b> כּ֥וּר </b> הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the midst of the iron <span class="itali">furnace),</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the midst <span class="itali">of the furnace</span> of iron:<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/8-51.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Egypt the midst <span class="itali">of the furnace</span> of the iron<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/17-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 17:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף <b> וְכ֣וּר </b> לַזָּהָ֑ב וּבֹחֵ֖ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is for silver <span class="itali">and the furnace</span> for gold,<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [is] for silver, <span class="itali">and the furnace</span> for gold:<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the refining silver <span class="itali">and the furnace</span> gold tests<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/27-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 27:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף <b> וְכ֣וּר </b> לַזָּהָ֑ב וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is for silver <span class="itali">and the furnace</span> for gold,<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for silver, <span class="itali">and the furnace</span> for gold;<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/27-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the crucible silver <span class="itali">and the furnace</span> gold and each<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/48-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 48:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְכָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ <b> בְּכ֥וּר </b> עֹֽנִי׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I have tested <span class="itali">you in the furnace</span> of affliction.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I have chosen <span class="itali">thee in the furnace</span> of affliction.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/48-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> silver have tested <span class="itali">the furnace</span> of affliction<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/11-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 11:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֵאֶֽרֶץ־ מִצְרַיִם֩ <b> מִכּ֨וּר </b> הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the iron <span class="itali">furnace,</span> saying,<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the iron <span class="itali">furnace,</span> saying,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/11-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the land of Egypt <span class="itali">furnace</span> the iron saying<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">וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ <b> כּ֔וּר </b> סִגִ֥ים כֶּ֖סֶף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and lead <span class="itali">in the furnace;</span> they are the dross<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the midst <span class="itali">of the furnace;</span> they are [even] the dross<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and lead the midst <span class="itali">the furnace</span> dross of silver<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">אֶל־ תּ֣וֹךְ <b> כּ֔וּר </b> לָפַֽחַת־ עָלָ֥יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and tin <span class="itali">into the furnace</span> to blow<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the midst <span class="itali">of the furnace,</span> to blow<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the midst <span class="itali">the furnace</span> to blow and<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/22-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 22:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֶּ֙סֶף֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ <b> כּ֔וּר </b> כֵּ֖ן תֻּתְּכ֣וּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is melted <span class="itali">in the furnace,</span> so<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the midst <span class="itali">of the furnace,</span> so shall ye be melted<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/22-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> silver the midst <span class="itali">the furnace</span> so will be melted<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3564.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3564.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3564<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bechur_3564.htm">bə·ḵūr — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kur_3564.htm">kūr — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mikkur_3564.htm">mik·kūr — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechur_3564.htm">wə·ḵūr — 2 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new 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