Strong's Lexicon kuwr: Furnace Original Word: כּוּר Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to dig through Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2575 (kaminos) - furnace, oven - G4442 (pur) - fire Usage: The Hebrew word "kuwr" primarily refers to a furnace, often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe a place or process of intense heat and refinement. 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. Cultural and Historical Background: 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. Brown-Driver-Briggs כּוּר noun [masculine] smelting-pot or furnace (Arabic  ; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id.,  ; Ethiopic  ) — pot or furnace for smelting metals, but always in metaphor or simile of human sufferings in punishment or discipline: iron (figurative of Egypt as place of bondage) הַבַּרְזֶל ׳מִכּ Deuteronomy 4:20; Jeremiah 11:4, ׳הַבּ ׳מִתּוֺךְ כ 1 Kings 8:51; gold לַזָּהָב ׳כ Proverbs 17:3 = Proverbs 27:21 ("" מַצְרֵף); various metals Ezekiel 22:18,20,22; once בְּכוּר עֹ֑נִי Isaiah 48:10 in a smelting-pot of affliction. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance furnace From an unused root meaning properly, to dig through; a pot or furnace (as if excavated) -- furnace. Compare kiyr. see HEBREW kiyr Forms and Transliterations בְּכ֥וּר בכור וְכ֣וּר וכור כּ֔וּר כּ֥וּר כור מִכּ֥וּר מִכּ֨וּר מכור bə·ḵūr beChur bəḵūr kur kūr mik·kūr mikKur mikkūr veChur wə·ḵūr wəḵūrLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Deuteronomy 4:20 HEB: וַיּוֹצִ֥א אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִכּ֥וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם NAS: you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, KJV: out of the iron furnace, [even] out of Egypt, INT: the LORD and brought furnace of the iron Egypt 1 Kings 8:51 Proverbs 17:3 Proverbs 27:21 Isaiah 48:10 Jeremiah 11:4 Ezekiel 22:18 Ezekiel 22:20 Ezekiel 22:22 9 Occurrences |
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