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Iron

פְּלָדָהStrong’s H6393

peladah (pe-la-dah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Peladah is the Hebrew word usually translated “iron”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.”
Nahum 2:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Iron, steel
How it's translated
  • iron 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Nahum 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    פְּלָדָה peladah · iron

    iron, steel

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “iron” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    IRON, noun

    i'urn, or i'rn. [Latin ferrum, for herrum. The radical elements of this word are not easily ascertained.]

    1. A metal, the hardest, most common and most useful of all the metals; of a livid whitish color inclined to gray, internally composed, to appearance, of small facets, and susceptible of a fine polish.
    2. An instrument or utensil made of iron; as a flat-iron, a smoothing-iron.“Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?” Job 41:7
    3. Figuratively, strength; power; as a rod of iron Daniel 2:33
    4. Irons, plural fetters; chains; manacles; handcuffs. Psalms 105:18
    All definitions and other forms of “iron”

      I'RON, adjective

      Made of iron; consisting of iron; as an iron gate; an iron bar; iron dust.

      1. Resembling iron in color; as an iron gray color.
      2. Harsh; rude; severe; miserable; as the iron age of the world.
      3. Binding fast; not to be broken; as the iron sleep of death.
      4. Hard of understanding; dull; as an iron witted fool.
      5. Firm; robust; as an iron constitution.

      I'RON, verb transitive

      To smooth with an instrument of iron

      1. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
      2. To furnish or arm with iron

      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.