Lead
עֹפֶרֶתStrong’s H5777opheret (o-phe-ret)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Opheret is the Hebrew word usually translated “lead” and “like lead”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.”
Meaning
- Lead
How it's translated
- and lead 4
- lead 3
- like lead 1
- the lead 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 3
- Zechariah 2
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 5:8In contextAnd he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
- Exodus 15:10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Numbers 31:22Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
- Job 19:24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
- 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
עֹפֶרֶת opheret · lead
lead
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEAD, noun
led.
- A metal of a dull white color, with a cast of blue.
- A plummet or mass of lead used in sounding at sea.
- Leads, a flat roof covered with lead
All definitions and other forms of “lead”
LEAD, verb transitive
led. To cover with lead; to fit with lead
LEAD, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive led.
- To guide by the hand; as, to lead a child.
- To guide or conduct by showing the way; to direct; as, the Israelites were led by a pillar of a cloud by day, and by a pillar of fire by night.
- To conduct to any place.“He leadeth me beside the still waters” Psalms 23:2
- To conduct, as a chief or commander, implying authority; to direct and govern; as, a general leads his troops to battle and to victory.
- To precede; to introduce by going first.
- To guide; to show the method of attaining an object.
- To draw; to entice; to allure.
- To induce; to prevail on; to influence.
- To pass; to spend, that is, to draw out; as, to lead a life of gayety, or a solitary life.“That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” 1 Timothy 2:2
LEAD, verb intransitive
- To go before and show the way.“I will lead on softly” Genesis 33:14
- To conduct, as a chief or commander.
- To draw; to have a tendency to.
- To exercise dominion.
LEAD, noun
Precedence; a going before; guidance. Let the general take the lead [A colloquial word in reputable use.]
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.