Furnace
כּוּרStrong’s H3564kur
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kur is the Hebrew word usually translated “furnace”, “from furnace of” and “smelting furnace”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.”
Meaning
- Furnace, forge, smelting furnace or pot
- (Qal) to bore, pierce, dig, hew
How it's translated
- a furnace 3
- from furnace of 2
- and a smelting furnace 2
- furnace of 1
- in a furnace of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 3
- Proverbs 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 8:51For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
- Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
- Proverbs 27:21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
- Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
- Jeremiah 11:4Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
- Ezekiel 22:18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Hebrew dictionary
כּוּר kur · furnace
1) furnace, forge, smelting furnace or pot v 2) (Qal) to bore, pierce, dig, hew
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “furnace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FUR'NACE, noun
[Latin fornax, furnus, either from burning, or the sense is an arch.]
- A place where a vehement fire and heat may be made and maintained, for melting ores or metals, etc.
- In scripture, a place of cruel bondage and affliction. Deuteronomy 4:20
- Grievous afflictions by which men are tried. Ezekiel 22:18
- A place of temporal torment. Daniel 3:6
All definitions and other forms of “furnace”
- Hell; the place of endless torment. Matthew 13:42
FUR'NACE, verb transitive
To throw out sparks as a furnace
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.