ophereth. The well-known heavy metal. It is mentioned as early as Exodus 15:10 , where its weight is alluded to. Job speaks of it, apparently, as being used for filling in the engravings on stones. It was no doubt also used for making solder. Numbers 31:22; Job 19:24; Jeremiah 6:29; Ezekiel 22:18,20; Ezekiel 27:12; Zechariah 5:7,8 .
Originally published with the title A New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (London), the Morrish Bible Dictionary is more than a dictionary of Bible words.Wikipedia
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