What does "Iron" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Iron?

is mentioned with brass as the earliest of known metals. (Genesis 4:22) The natural wealth in iron of the soil of Canaan is indicated by describing it as a land whose stones are iron.” (8:9) (Recent explorations have shown that iron ore is abundant in the northern part of Palestine.—ED.) The book of Job contains passages which indicate that iron was a metal well known. Sheet-iron was used for cooking utensils. (Ezekiel 4:3) cf. Levi 7:9 That it was plentiful in the time of David appears from (1 Chronicles 22:3) The market of Tyre was supplied with bright or polished iron by the merchants of by Dan and Javan. (Ezekiel 27:19) The Chalybes of the Pontus were celebrated as workers in iron in very ancient times. The product of their labor is supposed to be alluded to in (Jeremiah 16:12) as being of superior quality. Specimens of Assyrian iron-work overlaid with bronze were discovered by Mr. Layard, and are now in the British Museum. Iron weapons of various kinds were found at Nimroud, but fell to pieces on exposure to the air. (pious), one of the cities of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:38) hitherto totally unknown.

What is the Hebrew word for Iron?

Where does Iron appear in the Bible?

Iron is referenced in 57 verses across 20 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 20:3
• 1 Chronicles 22:3
• 1 Chronicles 22:14
• 1 Chronicles 22:16
• 1 Chronicles 29:2
• 1 Chronicles 29:7
• 1 Kings 6:7
• 1 Kings 8:51
• 1 Kings 22:11
• 1 Samuel 17:7
• 2 Chronicles 18:10
• 2 Chronicles 24:12
• 2 Kings 6:5
• 2 Kings 6:6
• 2 Samuel 23:7
• Amos 1:3
• Deuteronomy 4:20
• Deuteronomy 8:9
• Deuteronomy 27:5
• Deuteronomy 28:23
• Deuteronomy 28:48
• Deuteronomy 33:25
• Ezekiel 4:3
• Ezekiel 22:20

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Iron.