Iron
פַּרְזֶלStrong’s H6523parzel (par-zel)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Parzel is the Aramaic word usually translated “iron”, “iron the” and “like iron”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.”
Meaning
- Iron
How it's translated
- iron 11
- iron the 7
- like iron 1
- and like iron 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 14
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:34In contextThou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Daniel 2:35In contextThen was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
- Daniel 2:40In contextAnd the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
- Daniel 2:41In contextAnd whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
- Daniel 2:42In contextAnd as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
- Daniel 2:43In contextAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Aramaic dictionary
פַּרְזֶל parzel · iron
iron Aramaic of bar.zel (בַּרְזֶל "iron" H1270)
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.]
- 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.
- 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
- Figuratively, strength; power; as a rod of iron Daniel 2:33
- 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.
- Resembling iron in color; as an iron gray color.
- Harsh; rude; severe; miserable; as the iron age of the world.
- Binding fast; not to be broken; as the iron sleep of death.
- Hard of understanding; dull; as an iron witted fool.
- Firm; robust; as an iron constitution.
I'RON, verb transitive
To smooth with an instrument of iron
- To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.