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The use of iron is mentioned numerous times throughout the Bible, reflecting its importance in ancient societies.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Genesis 4:22</a></b> · "Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah." This verse introduces Tubal-Cain as a significant figure in the early development of metallurgy, highlighting the early use of iron alongside bronze.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a></b> · "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit." This passage illustrates the use of iron in constructing large and durable objects, emphasizing its strength and utility.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm">1 Samuel 17:7</a></b> · "The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him." Here, the description of Goliath's spear underscores the military application of iron, which was crucial in warfare.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/job/28-2.htm">Job 28:2</a></b> · "Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore." This verse acknowledges the process of extracting and refining iron, indicating an understanding of metallurgy in the ancient world.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a></b> · "You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery." The imagery of an iron scepter symbolizes strength and authority, often associated with divine judgment and power.<br><br>6. <b><a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm">Proverbs 27:17</a></b> · "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." This well-known proverb uses iron metaphorically to describe the beneficial and refining nature of interpersonal relationships.<br><br>7. <b><a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Isaiah 44:12</a></b> · "The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint." This passage highlights the skill and labor involved in working with iron, as well as its use in crafting idols, which is critiqued by the prophet.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Significance:</b><br><br>Iron in the Bible often symbolizes strength, durability, and authority. Its use in weapons and tools made it a critical resource for ancient civilizations, representing technological advancement and military power. The metaphorical use of iron in scripture, such as in <a href="/proverbs/27-17.htm">Proverbs 27:17</a>, conveys the idea of mutual improvement and the sharpening of character through relationships.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>The transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age marked a significant technological shift in the ancient Near East. Iron's abundance and superior qualities compared to bronze made it a valuable resource for various applications. The biblical references to iron reflect its widespread use and the cultural context of the times, where ironworking was a respected and essential craft.<br><br>In summary, iron in the Bible is a multifaceted symbol of strength, authority, and technological progress, deeply embedded in the cultural and historical fabric of the biblical narrative.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1270.htm"><span class="l">1270. barzel -- iron</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as Birzoth Definition iron NASB Word Usage axe (1),<br> axe head (1), chains (1), iron (71), <b>irons</b> (1). ax head, iron. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1270.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/irons.htm"><span class="l"><b>Irons</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Irons</b>. <b>...</b> Dr. <b>Irons</b> died June 18, 1883. His most valuable prose work was his<br> Bampton Lectures, 1870, on "Christianity as Taught by St. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/irons.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/acts_of_the_holy_apostles_peter_and_paul/the_story_of_perpetua.htm"><span class="l">The Story of Perpetua.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Story of Perpetua. And as Paul was being led away to be beheaded at<br> a place about three miles from the city, he was in <b>irons</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostles peter and paul/the story of perpetua.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dibble/thoughts_on_missions/chapter_i_the_true_spirit.htm"><span class="l">The True Spirit of Missions.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>irons</b> are knocked off from your hands and feet"your tattered garments exchanged<br> for cleanly apparel"and a ship is in readiness to convey you to the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter i the true spirit.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/the_church_triumphant_514_jerusalem.htm"><span class="l">The Church Triumphant 514. Jerusalem, My Happy Home</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Jerusalem, my happy home. CM [1970]Southwell (<b>Irons</b>): Herbert Stephen <b>Irons</b>, 1861.<br> [1971]Jerusalem (Staniforth): T. Worsley Staniforth, 1866. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the church triumphant 514 jerusalem.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/the_church_triumphant_513_there.htm"><span class="l">The Church Triumphant 513. There is a Land of Pure Delight</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CM [1967]Beulah: George M. Garrett, 1889. [1968]Southwell (<b>Irons</b>): Herbert Stephen<br> <b>Irons</b>, 1861. Isaac Watts, 1709; Alt. There is a land of pure delight,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the church triumphant 513 there.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/daily_prayer_evening_17_the.htm"><span class="l">The Sun is Sinking Fast</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The sun is sinking fast. 6.4.6.6 [76]St. Columba (<b>Irons</b>): Herbert S. <b>Irons</b>, 1861.<br> Latin; Tr. Edward Caswall, 1858. The sun is sinking fast,. The daylight dies: <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../daily prayer evening 17 the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_decretals/ancient_syriac_documents_martyrdom_of.htm"><span class="l">Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> found, he commanded that all his family should be arrested, and also the inhabitants<br> of his village; and they arrested them and put them in <b>irons</b>, his mother <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents martyrdom of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/philips/the_christian_home/chapter_xxi_the_choice_of.htm"><span class="l">The Choice of Pursuits.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There is much truth in the two old and quaint adages, "jack of all trades, and master<br> of none;" "he has too many <b>irons</b> in the fire,"some of them must burn <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/philips/the christian home/chapter xxi the choice of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moule/to_my_younger_brethren/chapter_ii_the_secret_walk.htm"><span class="l">The Secret Walk with God (ii).</span></a> <br><b>...</b> What have I, with all these <b>irons</b> in the fire, and a strong hammer and a strong<br> hand with which to strike them, what have I to do with 'old-world faiths' about <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moule/to my younger brethren/chapter ii the secret walk.htm</font><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/"><span class="l">Hymn Writers of the Church</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Holland. Holmes. Hopper. Hopps. Hosmer. Hoss. How. Hunter. Hutton. Ingemann. <b>Irons</b>.<br> Jacobi. Jacopone da Todi. John of Damascus. Johnson. Johnson. Jones. Julian. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/irons.htm"><span class="l"><b>Irons</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Irons</b> (5 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (See NIV). Job 41:7 Can you<br> fill his skin with barbed <b>irons</b>, or his head with fish spears? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/irons.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/neck-irons.htm"><span class="l">Neck-<b>irons</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Neck-<b>irons</b>. Necked, Neck-<b>irons</b>. Necklace . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Neck-<b>irons</b> (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 29:26 Yahweh <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/neck-irons.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sharp-pointed.htm"><span class="l">Sharp-pointed (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> And you may do the same for your servant-girl. (BBE). Job 41:7 Will you put<br> sharp-pointed <b>irons</b> into his skin, or fish-spears into his head? (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sharp-pointed.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/necklace.htm"><span class="l">Necklace (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/necklace.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/iron.htm"><span class="l">Iron (104 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 13. (vt) To shackle with <b>irons</b>; to fetter or handcuff. 14. <b>...</b> His neck was locked<br> in <b>irons</b>, (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/iron.htm - 50k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/necked.htm"><span class="l">Necked (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/necked.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/oven.htm"><span class="l">Oven (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Heated stones, or sand heated by a fire heaped over it, and also flat <b>irons</b><br> pans, all served as ovens for the preparation of bread. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/oven.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/locked.htm"><span class="l">Locked (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> opposite his house. (BBE). Psalms 105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles.<br> His neck was locked in <b>irons</b>, (WEB). Proverbs 18:19 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/locked.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/iron-smelting.htm"><span class="l">Iron-smelting (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Iron-smelting. <b>Irons</b>, Iron-smelting. Ironsmith . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Iron-smelting (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b> <b>Irons</b>, Iron-smelting. Ironsmith . Reference Bible <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/iron-smelting.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fish-spears.htm"><span class="l">Fish-spears (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Fish-spears (1 Occurrence). Job 41:7 Canst thou fill his<br> skin with barbed <b>irons</b>, Or his head with fish-spears? (ASV BBE DBY JPS YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fish-spears.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Amy-Carmichael.html">Who was Amy Carmichael? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/irons.htm">Irons: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Irons (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-4.htm">Mark 5:4</a></span><br />Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/41-7.htm">Job 41:7</a></span><br />Can you fill his skin with barbed <span class="boldtext">irons</span>, or his head with fish spears?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/105-18.htm">Psalms 105:18</a></span><br />They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in <span class="boldtext">irons</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Psalms 107:10</a></span><br />Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron--<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Amos 1:3</a></span><br />And thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their threshing Gilead with sharp-pointed <span class="boldtext">irons</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/irons.htm">Irons</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kish.htm">Kish (18 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/irons.htm">Irons (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/iron.htm">Iron (104 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ironsmith.htm">Ironsmith (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/ttt/i/iron--working_in,_a_trade.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Iron: Working In, a Trade"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Iron: Working In, a Trade" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/i/iron-smelting.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Iron-smelting"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Iron-smelting" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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 Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>