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Easton's Bible Dictionary
The following is the results of your search for COPPER.
Copper: Derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called "Cyprian
brass," occurs only in the Authorized Version in
(Ezra 8:27) Elsewhere
the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered "brass," and
sometimes "steel"
(2 Samuel 22:35; Jeremiah 15:12) The "bow of steel"
(Job 20:24)
(Psalms 18:34) should have been "bow of copper" (or "brass," as in the
R.V.). The vessels of "fine copper" of
(Ezra 8:27) were probably
similar to those of "bright brass" mentioned in
(1 Kings 7:45; Daniel 10:6)
Tubal-cain was the first artificer in brass and iron
(Genesis 4:22) Hiram
was noted as a worker in brass
(1 Kings 7:14) Copper abounded in Palestine
(Deuteronomy 8:9; Isaiah 60:17; 1 Chronicles 22:3,14) All sorts of vessels in the tabernacle
and the temple were made of it
(Leviticus 6:28; Numbers 16:39; 2 Chronicles 4:16; Ezra 8:27)
also weapons of war
(1 Samuel 17:5,6,38; 2 Samuel 21:16) Iron is mentioned only
four times
(Genesis 4:22; Leviticus 26:19; Numbers 31:22; 35:16) in the first four books
of Moses, while copper (rendered "brass") is mentioned forty times.(See BRASS) We find mention of Alexander (q.v.), a "coppersmith" of Ephesus
(2 Timothy 4:14)
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