BDB1727 [H1614]

גָּפְרִית noun feminine brimstone (Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא, also כבריתא, כובריתא, , ; Arabic (certainly foreign word); derived from (כֹּפֶר), גֹּפֶר by Thes Rob-Ges, compare Di Gen 6:14 i.e. pitch, and then other combustibles, especially sulphur; Lag^l.c. thinks from Bactrian vohûkereti) — גָּפְרִית Gen 19:24 + 6 t. — brimstone, after הִמְטִיר Gen 19:24 (J), figurative of judgment Ps 11:6; Ezek 38:22 (in all || אֵשׁ etc.), compare also Job 18:15; Isa 34:9, & Deut 29:22 ׳נַחַל ג simile for the destroying breath of ׳י Isa 30:33.

גֵּר see below I. גור.

גִּר see below גיר.

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