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Flint

Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings. In Isa. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H2496, H6862, H6864, H8068
Hebrew
חַלָּמִישׁ · challâmîysh

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צַר

H6862
Transliteration
tsar
Pronunciation
tsar
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
102

Glosses

adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

Lexicon definition

narrow

(as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble)

also a pebble

(transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צֹר

H6864
Transliteration
tsôr
Pronunciation
tsore
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

flint, sharp stone.

Lexicon definition

a stone (as if pressed hard or to a point)

(by implication, of use) a knife

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

שָׁמִיר

H8068
Transliteration
shâmîyr
Pronunciation
shaw-meer'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

thorn, s, adamant, flint, adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

Lexicon definition

a thorn

also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Flint

Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings. In Isa. 50:7 and Ezek. 3:9 the expressions, where the word is used, means that the "Messiah would be firm and resolute amidst all contempt and scorn which he would meet; that he had made up his mind to endure it, and would not shrink from any kind or degree of suffering which would be necessary to accomplish the great work in which he was engaged." (Comp. Ezek. 3:8, 9.) The words "like a flint" are used with reference to the hoofs of horses (Isa. 5:28).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Flint

Indexed occurrences: 10

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All Scripture references20 references

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

FLINT

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Nave’s Topical Bible references for FLINT.

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Topic

FLINT

Nave’s Topical Bible references for FLINT.

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Dictionary

Crystal

(Ezek. 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev. 4:6; 21:11; 22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time.

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Flint

Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings. In Isa. 50:7 and Ezek. 3:9 the expressions, where the word is used, means that the "Messiah would be firm and resolute amidst all contempt and scorn which he would meet; that he had made up his mind to endure it, and would not shrink from any kind or degree of suffering which would be necessary to accomplish the great work in which he was engaged." (Comp. Ezek. 3:8, 9.) The words "like a flint" are used with reference to the hoofs of horses (Isa. 5:28).

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Knife

(1.) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. Ex. 4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe (Ezek. 26:9). (2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Gen. 22:6, 10; Prov. 30:14). (3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife (Prov. 23:2). (4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9). (5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, Jer. 36:26) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isa. 18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.

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