Tin
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Tin

Among the various metals found in the spoils of the Midianites, tin is enumerated. (Numbers 31:22) It was known to the Hebrew metal-workers as an alloy of other metals. (Isaiah 1:25; Ezekiel 22:18,20) The markets of Tyre were supplied with it by the ships of Tarshish. (Ezekiel 27:12) It was used for plummets, (Zechariah 4:10) and was so plentiful as to furnish the writer of Ecclesiasticus, Ecclus. 47:18, with a figure by which to express the wealth of Solomon. Tin is not found in Palestine. Whence, then. did the ancient Hebrews obtain their supply "Only three countries are known to contain any considerable quantity of it: Spain and Portugal, Cornwall and the adjacent parts of Devonshire, and the islands of Junk, Ceylon and Banca, in the Straits of Malacca." (Kenrick, "Phoenicia," p. 212.) There call be little doubt that the mines of Britain were the chief source of supply to the ancient world, [See TARSHISH] ("Tin ore has lately been found in Midian." --Schaff.)

ATS Bible Dictionary
Tin

A metal known and used at an early period, Numbers 31:22, and brought by the Tyrians from Tarshish, Ezekiel 27:12. In Isaiah 1:25 it means the alloy of lead, tin, and other base admixtures in silver ore, separated from the pure silver by smelting.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hebrews bedil (Numbers 31:22; Ezek. 22:18, 20), a metal well known in ancient times. It is the general opinion that the Phoenicians of Tyre and Sidon obtained their supplies of tin from the British Isles. In Ezek. 27:12 it is said to have been brought from Tarshish, which was probably a commercial emporium supplied with commodities from other places. In Isaiah 1:25 the word so rendered is generally understood of lead, the alloy with which the silver had become mixed (ver. 22). The fire of the Babylonish Captivity would be the means of purging out the idolatrous alloy that had corrupted the people.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

2. (n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

3. (n.) Money.

4. (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
TIN

tin (bedhil): Tin is mentioned with brass, iron and lead in Numbers 31:22 Ezekiel 22:18, 20. Ezekiel mentions tin along with silver, iron and lead as being imported into Tyre from Tarshish (see METALS). The tin must have been brought in the form of ore and smelted in Syria. The writer has some slag dug from a deposit near Beirut which yielded nearly pure tin. It was probably the site of an ancient smelter's shop.

Alfred Ely Day

Greek
1621. ektinasso -- to shake off or out
... to shake off or out. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ektinasso Phonetic Spelling:
(ek-tin-as'-so) Short Definition: I shake off Definition: I shake off ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1621.htm - 6k
Strong's Hebrew
913. bedil -- alloy, tin, dross
... 912, 913. bedil. 914 . alloy, tin, dross. Transliteration: bedil Phonetic
Spelling: (bed-eel') Short Definition: tin. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/913.htm - 6k

2917. tin -- clay
... 2916, 2917. tin. 2918 . clay. Transliteration: tin Phonetic Spelling: (teen)
Short Definition: common. ... 2916, 2917. tin. 2918 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/2917.htm - 6k

8578. tinyan -- second (an ordinal number)
... 8577, 8578. tinyan. 8579 . second (an ordinal number). Transliteration:
tinyan Phonetic Spelling: (tin-yawn') Short Definition: second. ...
/hebrew/8578.htm - 6k

8579. tinyanuth -- the second time
... 8578, 8579. tinyanuth. 8580 . the second time. Transliteration: tinyanuth
Phonetic Spelling: (tin-yaw-nooth') Short Definition: time. ...
/hebrew/8579.htm - 6k

Library

The Forgotten Preacher.
... Clear cool water it is. And some one has thoughtfully left a tin-cup on a ledge
of rock near by. And ... He quite forgets the tin-cup. Sometimes ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the forgotten preacher.htm

How those who Fear Scourges and those who Contemn them are to be ...
... children of Israel, captive, but yet not converted from their iniquity, saying,
The house of Israel is to Me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xiii how those who.htm

After This, Celsus, Desiring to Exhibit his Learning in his ...
... The first gate consists of lead, the second of tin, the third of copper, the fourth
of iron, the fifth of a mixture of metals, [4398] the sixth of silver, and ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxii after this celsus 2.htm

But the Important Point Here is Only that You Cannot Anyhow Get ...
... Tostoi practically issued one of his papal encyclicals against music; and I have
heard of modern educationists who forbid children to play with tin soldiers. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 33 but the important.htm

God's People in the Furnace
... and 18th verses, "And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, son of man, the
house of Israel, is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/gods people in the furnace.htm

Whether this Sacrament Ought to be Celebrated in a House and with ...
... narrated in the Gospels. Consequently, the chalice ought to be of stone,
and not of gold or of silver or tin. Objection 7: Further ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether this sacrament ought to 2.htm

Jesus at Capernaum.
... At the other extremity of the plain (always following the sea), we come to the site
of a town (Khan-Minyeh), with very beautiful streams (Ain-et-Tin), a pretty ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter viii jesus at capernaum.htm

Of Removing Tithes.
... Nor coals, tin, chalk, lead, copper or other ore, clay, turf used for fire, flags,
marle.3 Com. Dig.500. ... A fulling mill, paper mill, iron mill, tin mill, &c. ...
/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/8 of removing tithes.htm

Preparing to Depart
... I beseech thee now to leave me." There will be some who, like Elisha with Elijah,
have been with us during life, and who will not leave us tin the very last ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 54 1908/preparing to depart.htm

The Resurrection Consistent with the Opinions of the Philosophers.
... Like as if a man shall make a composition of gold and silver, and brass and tin,
and then shall wish to dissolve it again, so that each element exist separately ...
/.../chapter vi the resurrection consistent with.htm

Thesaurus
Tin (6 Occurrences)
... It is the general opinion that the Phoenicians of Tyre and Sidon obtained
their supplies of tin from the British Isles. In Ezek. ...
/t/tin.htm - 10k

Metals (1 Occurrence)
... METALS. met'-alz (Latin metallum, "metal," "mine"; Greek metallon, "mine"): The
metals known by the ancients were copper, gold, iron, lead, silver and tin. ...
/m/metals.htm - 10k

Brazen (42 Occurrences)
... At the present time the term brass is applied to an alloy of copper and
zinc or of copper, zinc and tin. The word translated "brass ...
/b/brazen.htm - 25k

Certainty (23 Occurrences)
... ser'-tin, ser'-tin-li, ser'tin-ti: The rendering of some Hebrew words and forms
expressive of what is definitely settled or determined. ...
/c/certainty.htm - 16k

Certainly (415 Occurrences)
... ser'-tin, ser'-tin-li, ser'tin-ti: The rendering of some Hebrew words and forms
expressive of what is definitely settled or determined. ...
/c/certainly.htm - 37k

Certain
... ser'-tin, ser'-tin-li, ser'tin-ti: The rendering of some Hebrew words and forms
expressive of what is definitely settled or determined. ...
/c/certain.htm - 9k

Brass (168 Occurrences)
... It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. ... At the present time the term
brass is applied to an alloy of copper and zinc or of copper, zinc and tin. ...
/b/brass.htm - 44k

Bronze (146 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An alloy of copper and tin, to which small
proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. ...
/b/bronze.htm - 37k

Copper (55 Occurrences)
... vases, mirrors, statues, cooking utensils, implements of all kinds, etc., from Bible
times are principally of an alloy of copper hardened with tin known today ...
/c/copper.htm - 27k

Uncertainty (4 Occurrences)
... un-sur'-tin,un-sur'-tin-ti: Adjective adelos, 2 Maccabees 7:34; 1 Corinthians
14:8; adverb adelos, 1 Corinthians 9:26; noun adelotes, 1 Timothy 6:17; adelos ...
/u/uncertainty.htm - 8k

Resources
What is Celtic Christianity? | GotQuestions.org

What is the meaning of dross in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is chivalry? Does the Bible instruct men to be chivalrous? | GotQuestions.org

Tin: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Tin (6 Occurrences)

Numbers 31:22
however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 1:25
and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 22:20
As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 4:10
For who trampled on the day of small things, They have rejoiced, And seen the tin weight in the hand of Zerubbabel, These seven 'are' the eyes of Jehovah, They are going to and fro in all the land.'
(YLT)

Subtopics

Tin

Tin: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Metals (1 Occurrence)

Brazen (42 Occurrences)

Certainty (23 Occurrences)

Certainly (415 Occurrences)

Certain

Brass (168 Occurrences)

Bronze (146 Occurrences)

Copper (55 Occurrences)

Uncertainty (4 Occurrences)

Uncertain (13 Occurrences)

List (17 Occurrences)

Dross (7 Occurrences)

Continual (55 Occurrences)

Continually (180 Occurrences)

Alloy

Streaming (16 Occurrences)

Furnace (35 Occurrences)

Phoenicians

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

Iron (104 Occurrences)

Vat (7 Occurrences)

Lantern

Legislation

Line (131 Occurrences)

Lye (4 Occurrences)

Gong (1 Occurrence)

Washpot (2 Occurrences)

Wares (23 Occurrences)

Fountain (57 Occurrences)

Fairs (6 Occurrences)

Furnished (18 Occurrences)

Timnath (9 Occurrences)

Turpentine

Tools (3 Occurrences)

Traded (16 Occurrences)

Tossing (4 Occurrences)

Tinder (1 Occurrence)

Timothy-was (1 Occurrence)

Trafficked (7 Occurrences)

Refining (8 Occurrences)

Remnants (8 Occurrences)

Refine (9 Occurrences)

Refiner (10 Occurrences)

Exchanged (22 Occurrences)

Mat (17 Occurrences)

Markets (11 Occurrences)

Metallurgy

Merchant (15 Occurrences)

Plaster (13 Occurrences)

Poorest (9 Occurrences)

Purely (4 Occurrences)

Burden (111 Occurrences)

Brood (19 Occurrences)

Balm (7 Occurrences)

Chains (100 Occurrences)

Cup (86 Occurrences)

Cent (4 Occurrences)

Coat (54 Occurrences)

Crop (33 Occurrences)

Captain (167 Occurrences)

Cry (431 Occurrences)

Customer (3 Occurrences)

Continuance (8 Occurrences)

Chain (21 Occurrences)

Curtain (60 Occurrences)

Abez (1 Occurrence)

Symbol (8 Occurrences)

Silver (329 Occurrences)

Smelt (3 Occurrences)

Oven (22 Occurrences)

Zerub'babel (23 Occurrences)

Melted (33 Occurrences)

Nineveh (23 Occurrences)

Hawk (6 Occurrences)

Thoroughly (48 Occurrences)

Tarshish (24 Occurrences)

Fiery (47 Occurrences)

Lead (192 Occurrences)

Timothy-was
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